Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 5:42 PM EST for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1986, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1986, 6:30 PM EST
- In force
- 48 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 12:00Z, 10.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 102247 COR SVRCLE OHC077-102330- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 542 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO...HURON AT 535 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WEST OF BUCYRUS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED WIND DAMAGE IN HARDIN COUNTY SOUTH OF KENTON. A POSSIBLE TORNADO HAS BEEN REPORTED SOUTH OF KENTON. THIS STORM WILL ENTER SOUTHERN HURON COUNTY, SOUTH OF WILLARD BEFORE 600 PM EST. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE STROND WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG.. DAMAGING WINDS.. LARGE HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN.. AND OCCASIONALLY DO.. PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MAXIMUK CORRECTED ISSUANCE TIME CORRECTED AFOS ID
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, Mar 10, 4:05 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 405 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 400 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS, POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM CLEVELAND THROUGH COLUMBUS TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST ABOUT TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN INDIANA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EST. THE SHOWERS IN CENTRAL OHIO HAVE NOT BEEN SEVERE, HOWEVER THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL ENTER WESTERN OHIO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY4 TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:20 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 420 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 420 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS, POSSIBLY SOME THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM CLEVELAND THROUGH COLUMBUS TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. AS OF 420 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED WITH THIS LINE, HOWEVER HIGH WIND GUSTS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINE. AT 343 PM WINDS GUSTED TO OVER 50 MPH AT THE CLEVELAND AIRPORT. THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REACH YOUNGSTOWN AND VICINITY AROUND 530 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER WERE JUST MOVING INTO WESTERN OHIO. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. PEOPLE IN THE@ WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY QUICKLY. . MCMULLEN
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:32 PM EST, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 425 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 420 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS.. SITUATED FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO NEAR FAIRPORT OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR..AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING PARTS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES..-BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDER STORMS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:56 PM EST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 452 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 450 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LONG POINT AREA IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO CONNEAUT AND ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AND HOUR..AND SHOULD BE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF ERIE AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES.. BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. SO FAR..NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.. HOWEVER THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR..AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:34 PM EST, 8 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 533 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 530 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS THE HEAVY RAINS MOVED THROUGH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL, MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES TILL 1100 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. DOXEY
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:36 PM EST, 6 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 533 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 530 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS THE HEAVY RAINS MOVED THROUGH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL, MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES TILL 1100 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. DOXEY ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE MOVEMENT...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 6:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 58 min |
| Mar 10, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 63 min |
| Mar 10, 6:58 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.