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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 1986Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 4:05 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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 16, 1986, 4:05 PM EDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1986, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Erie 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 16, 4:06 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Erie, 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1986-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1323 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1986-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 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
1323 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
270 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.6
Supercell composite
11.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 162005
SVRCLE
OHC043-162100-

BULLETIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
405 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
   
OHIO...ERIE
 AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

RADAR AT 405 PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
ENTERING WESTERN ERIE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35
MPH. 

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

MM

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

Local storm report, Jun 16, 12:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1238 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

DATE           TIME                    EVENT

6/15           APPROX 6:30 PM EDT      NUMEROUS REPORTS OF LARGE TREES
                                       KNOCKED OVER BY WINDS. REPORTED
                                       BY WEST COUNTY FIRE CONTROL. THIS
                                       WAS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

6/15           6:45 PM EDT             VICINITY OF CHERRY HILL AND JUMBO
                                       WOODS IN SOUTHWEST ERIE COUNTY.
                                       TREES AND LARGE LIMBS KNOCKED DOWN
                                       AND BROKEN OFF. REPORTED BY CHERRY
       3                                HILL SKYWARN OBSERVERS.
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:46 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 830 PM.

AT 330 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
TOLEDO TO FORT WAYNE INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
35 MILES AN HOUR. SINCE THEY WERE THREATENING TO INVADE THE WESTERN END
OF LAKE ERIE A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FROM MAUMEE BAY TO
VERMILON UNTIL 515 PM.

NO REPORTS OF DAMAGE CAUSED BY THESE STORMS HAD BEEN RECEIVED AT 330
PM, BUT THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RAPIDLY REACH SEVERE LEVELS. OHIOANS
SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE.

IN ADDITION.. A FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
FOR ASHTABULA.. GEUAGA.. AND LAKE COUNTIES.
<
THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ENTERED THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON SHOULD REACH THE EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES DURING THE EVENING.
SINCE THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS AND THE GROUND IN
NORTHEAST OHIO IS ALREADY SOAKED THERE IS A THREAT OF RAPID FLOODING OF
SMALL STREAMS AND LOW AREAS.

THE THREAT OF FLOODING IN NORTHEAST OHIO WILL END TONIGHT AS
PRECIPITATION MOVES( OUT OF THE AREA. UNTIL THEN PEOPLE IN FLOOD PRONE
AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE WEATHER
SERVICE AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF WATER RISES.

KWIATKOWSKI

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky58 min
Jun 16, 5:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain55 min
Jun 16, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne61 min
Jun 16, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina57 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit64 min
Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron59 min
Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina50 min
Jun 16, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit61 min
Jun 16, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga62 min
Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage61 min
Jun 16, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jun 16, 7:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning66 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.