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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 6, 1986Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 7:49 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
May 6, 1986, 7:49 PM EDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1986, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 8:15 PM EDTHail 0.75Portage, OH
May 6, 8:48 PM EDTHail 0.75Portage, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 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 12:00Z on 1986-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1986-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1826 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 062349
SVRCAK
OHC133-070050-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
749 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 850 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
OHIO.. PORTAGE
 
AT 748 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER KENT
OHIO. THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM
ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINSy. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS..
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
 
ALTO

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, May 6, 2:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
254 PM EDT MON MAY 6 1986

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO
THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 250 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER FULTON AND WILLIAMS COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTPELIER, IN CENTRAL WILLIAMS COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, AND
POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

ECKERT
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986

AT 325 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
ONE AREA WAS OVER LAKE ERIE, INLAND THROUGH THE ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO
NEAR LAKE PYMATUNING.

THE OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO, 35
MILES WEST OF TOLEDO. THE THNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40
MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE
STATE UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM FAIRPORT
HARBOR TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 345 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO
AND LAKE ERIE THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP MOVE TO
A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY.

MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, May 6, 3:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 11 minutes before
^CLESPSTOL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
337 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 1986

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 335 THIS AFTERNOON NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY ACROSS FULTON
AND WILLIAMS COUNTY.  THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR FAYETTE, IN
NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZE IN THE VICINITY OF FAYETTE AROUND
330 THIS AFTERNOON.

THESE THUNERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN, STRONG DAMAGING WINDS
AND SMALL HAIL.  MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.

ECKERT
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OHIO
423 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986

AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO AREAS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
ONE STORM WAS OVER WESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY WHILE THE OTHER WAS OVER
CENTRAL PORTAGE COUNTY NEAR REVENNA.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY AT
ABOUT 40 MPH. THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO AND ACROSS TRUMBULL COUNTY
BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL WITH
STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO STAY ALERT AND WATCH FOR
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  REMEMBER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING
TAKE SHELTER QUICKLY AND NOTIFY YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORECE_MENT AGANCY
AT THE FIRST OPPURTUNITY.

UDELL
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:30 PM EDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
430 PM EDT TUE MAY  6 1986

AT 430 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO.. AND OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DEVELOPING.

PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR BRECKSVILLE OHIO.. 1/4 INCH HAIL WAS
REPORTED NEAR MACEDONIA IN NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY.. AND SMALL HAIL
NEAR ROOTSTOWN IN PORTAGE COUNTY.  ALL THESE REPORTS WERE RECEIVED
BETWEEN 410PM AND 420PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO
THROUGH THE EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS
AND HAIL.. AS WELL AS HEAVY DOWNPOURS. IF THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP
MOVE T~O A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY.

ALTO
Special weather statement, May 6, 4:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
433 PM EDT TUE MAY 06 1986

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MEADVILLE AREA THIS AFTERNOON..PRODUCED VERY HEAVY
RAIN..PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE EVENING HOURS
ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA..SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
THE LATEST RADAR REPORTS..STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton2 hr
May 6, 4:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas61 min
May 6, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood65 min
May 6, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage64 min
May 6, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga51 min
May 6, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull29 min
May 6, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake52 min
May 6, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
May 6, 6:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula69 min
May 6, 6:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
May 6, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake64 min
May 6, 6:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina39 min
May 6, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit65 min
May 6, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull68 min
May 6, 7:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam65 min
May 6, 7:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry74 min
May 6, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning62 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.