Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 26, 1986, 10:12 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 78 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, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 26, 1986, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 78 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull 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, 10:20 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Trumbull, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1008 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 270213 COR SVRYNG OHC155-270330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING..CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1012 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST OHIO...TRUMBULL AT 10 PM EDT THE TRUMBULL COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURING IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY AROUND MESOPOTAMIA AND WEST FARMINGTON. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CAUSING WIDESPREAD POWER FAILURES. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS ALL LIGHTNING EXPERTS AGREE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE THING YOU CAN DO IS TO GET INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING.. AVOID OPEN FIELDS SUCH AS GOLF COURSES.. BASEBALL FIELDS.. BEACHES OR FISHING FROM A SMALL BOAT OR PIERS. UDELL ..CORRECTED 2FOR ADD WARNING FOR ALL OF TRUMBULL COUNTY...
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, 5:03 PM EDT, 5 hours 9 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, 4 hours 20 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
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 6:53 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 652 PM EDT FRI SEP 26 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR OHIO NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PORT CLINTON TO LIMA, AND UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR THE REST OF OHIO NORTH OF A LINE FROM CINCINNATI TO WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA. A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WAS OVER WESTERN OHIO AND EXTENDED INTO INDIANA AND NORTH INTO EASTERN LOWER MICHIGAN. THAT AREA OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST. TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AND A TRASH DUMPSTER OVERTURNED BY HIGH WINDS AT 620 PM IN DEFIANCE COUNTY. HAIL OF THREE-QUARTER INCH DIAMETER WAS ALSO REPORTED. PEOPLE IN OHIO ARE URGED TO LISTEN TO STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TAKE COVER IF WEATHER BECOMES THREATENING. < PLEASE REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. MATANICK
Special weather statement, Sep 26, 9:56 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 956 PM EDT FRI SEP 27 1986 THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS MUCH OF OHIO LATE THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. AT 945 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER GEAUGA AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES. RADAR ALSO INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF A LINE OF STORMS FROM FAIRPORT HARBOR TO THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO NEAR ZANESVILLE AND THEN TO ATHENS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SINCE 9 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND AT 945 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR STARK COUNTY. STRONG GUSTY WINDS, BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS WHEN IT MOVES THROUGH EASTERN OHIO TONIGHT. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF TREES AND POWERLINES WERE REPORTED DOWN ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. LARGE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DEFIANCE COUNTY AND MUSKINGUM COUNTY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED AT MANY LOCATIONS. AT 935 PM HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MIDDLEFIELD.. GEAUGA COUNTY AND HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO FALLING AT THE RATE OF 2 INCHES AN HOUR. SOME STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MIDDLEFIELD. THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DECREASE FROM THE WEST DURING THE NIGHT. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON TAP FOR THE STATE SATURDAY AND SCATTERED ACTIVITY IS IN STORE FOR SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND 70. HIGHS TODAY WERE IN THE MID OR UPPER 80S. READINGS SATURDAY SHOULD RANGE FROM THE UPPER 70S TO MID 80S AND AROUND 80 SUNDAY. ON THE EVENING WEATHER MAP A WARM FRONT EXTENDED FROM MINNESOTA ACROSS LOWER MICHIGAN TO PENNSYLVANIA. A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM MINNESOTA TO TEXAS. KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Sep 26, 8:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey | 60 min |
| Sep 26, 8:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| Sep 26, 9:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 60 min |
| Sep 27, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 56 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.