Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 1986, 5:32 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 88 min. 1 report 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
- Jun 15, 1986, 5:32 PM EDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1986, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sandusky, 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 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 KTOL 152132
SVRTOL
OHC123-143-152300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
532 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 1986
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
OHIO... OTTAWA.. SANDUSKY
RESIDENTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
AND TAKE SHELTER AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS..
DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.
SJSWhat 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, Jun 15, 5:27 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 525 PM EDT SUN JNU 15 1986 HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO WITH SOME HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS REPORTED. MARBLE AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN PARMA AND IN PEPPER PIKE SHORTLY AFTER 5PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCAL URBAN FLOODING OF ROADS AND LOW PLACES ARE LIKELY. SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY OCCUR AS THESE HEAVY THUDERSTORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN OHIO AREA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND NOT ENTER FLOODED AREAS. HIGH WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AND PEOPLE SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF WEATHER CONDITONS BECOME THREATENING. MONTGOMERY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 43 min |
| Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 53 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.