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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 15, 1986Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 15, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Sandusky, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-06-15Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1986-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
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

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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.
 
SJS

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 5:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula43 min
Jun 15, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga53 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.