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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 6, 1986Erie County, Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 9:05 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 70 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, 9:05 PM EDT (01:05 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1986, 10:15 PM EDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Huron 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, 9:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Huron, OH
May 6, 9:55 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Erie, 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

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 1986-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1882 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1986-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1882 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1282 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 070105
SVRCLE
OHC043-077-070215-

BULLETIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
905 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
   
OHIO...ERIE..HURON
 AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

AT 9 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR FREMONT SOUTHWEST. THERE WERE ALSO THUNDERSTORMS WITH SMALL
HAIL IN THE MILAN AREA.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS
WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE NEAR TIFFIN AND FREMONT. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL MOVE
INTO ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES BETWEEN 915 AND 930 PM EDT.

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

MAXIMUK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood57 min
May 6, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas81 min
May 6, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock60 min
May 6, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa86 min
May 6, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit62 min
May 6, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca71 min
May 6, 8:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot58 min
May 6, 8:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESandusky64 min
May 6, 10:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain52 min
May 7, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLENoble62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.