Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 10:08 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 1986, 10:08 PM EDT (02:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 070208 SVRCLE OHC093-035-070300- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1008 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO...LORAIN..CUYAHOGA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 10 PM EDT WINDS MEASURED AT 56 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH A THUNDERSTORM IN GRAFTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CUYAHOGA COUNTY AROUND 1015 PM EDT AND SHOULD BE IN THE DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND AREA AROUND 1030 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MAXIMUK OH02 920
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, 4:23 PM EDT, 5 hours 45 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, 5 hours 38 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, 5 hours 25 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.
Special weather statement, May 6, 8:15 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 815 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986 AT 805 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MILAN AND NORWALK AREAS WERE PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. ONE-HALF INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN MILAN AT 8 PM EDT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HAIL. MUCH STRONGER STORMS WERE WEST OF THESE COUNTIES. A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WAS JUST WEST OF TOLEDO MOV*ING EAST AT 45 MPH. THESE VERY STRONG STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES AROUND 9 O'CLOCK. IT IS LIKELY THAT WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS THIS LINE MOVES THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. MAXIMUK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 57 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 81 min |
| May 6, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 86 min |
| May 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 62 min |
| May 6, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 71 min |
| May 6, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 58 min |
| May 6, 8:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 64 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 70 min |
| May 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 62 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.