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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 26, 1986Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1986, 12:51 AM EST for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 1986, 12:51 AM EST (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 1986, 1:30 AM EST
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Huron 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 1986-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1986-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2264 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 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 KCLE 260551
SVRCLE
OHC077-260630-

BULLETIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1251 AM EST SAT APR 26 1986 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
   
OHIO...HURON


AT 1250 AM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN SENECA
AND WESTERN HURON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. 
DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

FMK

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 26, 12:39 AM EST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1240 AM EST SAT APR 26 1986

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN HURON COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING.

AT 1235 AM RADAR SHOWED AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST
HURON COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH
AND SHOULD BE OUT OF HURON COUNTY BY 130 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM
COULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS.. HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

KIELTYKA

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.