Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 6:43 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 26, 1986, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 7:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 7:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lucas, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 262243 SVRTOL OHC095-262340- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 643 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 740 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO... LUCAS AT 640 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS.. DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. JOHNSON
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, Sep 26, 3:01 PM EDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 254 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM... ...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT... AT 250 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM THE JAMESTOWN AREA OF WESTERN NEW YORK...SOUTHWESTWARD... THROUGH WARREN AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... CAUSING FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THESE COUNTIES...AS THESE STORMS MOVE SOUTH- EASTWARD...THEY WILL AFFECT WARREN..EASTERN CRAWFORD..FOREST..MCKEAN AND VENANGO COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR..MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THROUGH THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 3:19 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 318 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR TWO AREAS OF OHIO UNTIL THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO, THAT IS, THE AREA EAST OF A LINE FROM LAKE COUNTY TO MONROE COUNTY. THE SECOND WATCH IS FOR NORTHWEST OHIO NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO LIMA. THAT WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS OHIO AT 3PM, BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE AIR IS UNSTABLE AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD INCREASE IN AREA AND INTENSITY. LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND PREPARE TO TAKE SHELTER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. MATANICK
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 501 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9PM. HOWEVER, THE WATCH THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. IT WAS A WARM, HUMID SUMMERY DAY IN OHIO WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED, BUT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE EVENING IN NORTHWEST OHIO. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN REPORTED IN INDIANA, AND THOSE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. IN NORTHWEST OHIO THE WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES.. WILLIIAMS, DEFIANCE, PAULDING, FULTON, HENRY, PUTNAM, LUCAS, WOOD, HANCOCK, VAN WERT, ALLEN, OTTAWA, SANDUSKY AND SENECA. PEOPLE IN THE NORTHWEST OHIO COUNTIES SHOULD STAY ON THE ALERT FOR SEVERE WEATHER. LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS, OR POSSIBLE WARNING, FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS TAKE SHELTER. PLEASE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. ALL OHIO STATIONS REPORTED TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S THIS AFTERNOON. AT YOUNGSTOWN THE TEMPERATURE ROSE TO A NEW HIGH FOR THE DAY OF 85 DEGREES AT 115 PM. THE OLD RECORD WAS 84 IN 1959. REPORTED RAIN AMOUNTS WERE LIGHT AND SPOTTY FOR THE SIX HOURS ENDING AT 2PM. AT TOLEDO THERE WAS A TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN DURING THAT TIME. MUCH OF THE RAIN FELL AT NON REPORTING POINTS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCLUDED IN NATIONAL WEATHERS SERVICE FORECASTS THROUGH SATURDAY. SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN WARM AND HUMID. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 80S SATURDAY AND IN THE 70S AND 80S SUNDAY. ON THE WEATHER MAP A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM WISCONSIN TO MICHIGAN AND NEW YORK. IT WILL DROP DOWN INTO NORTHEAST OHIO BY SATURDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESURE WILL REMAIN OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES THROUGH SUND1AY. RJM
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 5:52 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 552 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM EDT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. UP UNTIL 530 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. THERE WERE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THOUGH FROM SOUTH CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN TO EXTRME NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD LISTEN FOR NATIONAL WEATHER STATEMENTS, AND ANY WARNINGS THAT MAY BE NEEDED, AND TAKE SHELTER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. MATANICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Defiance, Paulding | 64 min |
| Sep 26, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Sep 26, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 56 min |
| Sep 26, 7:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.