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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 6, 1986Guernsey County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 6, 1986, 8:27 PM EST for Guernsey County, Ohio. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 1986, 8:27 PM EST (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 1986, 9:00 PM EST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Guernsey 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1986-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1986-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 KCAK 070127
SVRCAK
OHC059-070200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
827 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

OHIO...GUERNSEY

AT 825 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM NEAR CAMBRIDGE OHIO MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN.. AND OCCASIONALLY DO.. PRODUCE A TORNADO
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

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 6, 3:11 PM EST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
259 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES...

  AT 255PM EST WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT SHOWED HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES OF OHIO.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
PERSONS IN NORTHERN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES MAY EXPERIENCE
THUNDERSTORMS..HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL..FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY LIGHTNING.

MARTIN
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 3:29 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
330 PM EST SUN APR 06 1986

VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO.

RADAR AT 322 PM INDICATED A CLUSTER OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN
ESTREME NORTHEAST PORTAGE AND SOUTHEAST GEAUGA COUNTY MOVING EAST
AT ABOUT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
POSSIBLY SOME HAIL.

THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 345PM
AND OVER MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA BY 415 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES, SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND NOTIFY
YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
UDELL
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 3:37 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
330 PM EST SUN APR 06 1986

...LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 325 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS..10
MILES WIDE EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM THE LAKE CHAUTAUQUA AREA OF WESTERN
NEW YORK..THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN ERIE AND CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTIES..
INTO NORTHEASTERN OHIO..NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN..THIS LINE WAS MOVING
TOWARDS THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS
OF ERIE..CRAWFORD AND WARREN COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM..WITH A COLD FRONT MOVING
EASTWARD TOWARDS THE AREA..THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL BE RAPID AND
COULD AFFECT ANY AREA IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA VERY QUICKLY FOR
THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON..

HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL WILL
ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS..FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING
AREAS MAY OCCUR.

PARRISH
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 5:10 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
510 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986

HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND
WILL REACH THE OHIO RIVER NEAR STEUBENVILLE AROUND 600 PM.

AT 505PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL TUSCARAWAS COUNTY WITH THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST WEST OF NEW PHILADELPHIA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 M9PH AND WILL PASS THROUGH
SOUTHERN CARROLL AND NORTHERN HARRISON COUNTIES THEN MOVE INTO
JEFFERSON COUNTY BY 600 PM.
BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL..AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE
AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL OHIO.

THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 5:32 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
530 PM EST SUN APR 06 1986

...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 530 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM NEAR BRADFORD IN MCKEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..SOUTHWEST..
TO NEAR CLARION. THE LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
WILL BE PASSING WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THIS EVENING..
MCKEAN..ELK AND CAMERON.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..SEVERE LIGHTNING..SMALL HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS.

PARRISH
Special weather statement, Apr 6, 8:11 PM EST, 16 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
810 PM EST SUN APR 6 1986

AT 805 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY HEAVY
THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN GUERNSEY COUNTRY..5 MILES WEST OF
CAMBRIDGE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL
MOVE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN HALF OF GUERNSEY COUNTY AND
INTO BELMONT AND MONROE COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO
BY 900 PM.

PEOPLE IN THESE COUNTIES CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAINS..GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH.

THOMPSON {

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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.