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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 5, 1986Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 5, 1986, 7:06 PM EST for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 1986, 7:06 PM EST (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 1986, 8:10 PM EST
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1986-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1986-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 060010 RRA
SVRTOL
OHC143-060110-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED.. CORRECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
706 PM EST SAT APR 5 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

OHIO... SANDUSKY

AT 700 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FREMONT. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS..
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

JOHNSON
CORRECTED TYPO LINE FIVE.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 5, 4:32 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
430 PM EST SAT APR 5 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 425 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDCATED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER WILLIAMS.. DEFIANCE.. AND
PAULDING COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.. HEAVY DOWNPOURS..
SMALL HAIL.. AND GUSTY WINDS.  PEOPLE IN FULTON.. HENRY.. AND PUTNAM
COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE BY 530 PM.

JOHNSON

                                                                           
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:30 PM EST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
530 PM EST SAT APR 5 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDCATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER FULTON.. HENRY.. AND PUTANM COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.  THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN LUCAS.. WOOD.. AND HANCOCK COUNTIEMS CAN EXPECT THESE
THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE BY 700 PM.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 5:36 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
535 PM EST SAT APR 5 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 525 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDCATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER FULTON.. HENRY.. AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.  THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

PEOPLE IN LUCAS.. WOOD.. AND HANCTOCK COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE
THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE BY 700 PM.

JOHNSON
CORRECTED TYPO IN LINE FOUR.
Special weather statement, Apr 5, 6:34 PM EST, 32 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
635 PM EST SAT APR 5 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS
AFTERNOON.

AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDCATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LUCAS.. WOOD.. AND NORTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES.  THE HEAVEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR BOWLING GREEN AND TOLEDO.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS.
PEOPLE IN OTTAWA.. SANDUSKY.. AND SENECA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT THESE
THUNDERSTORMS TO ARRIVE BEFORE 730 PM.

JOHNSON

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.