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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 1986Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 4:32 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1986, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1986, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 KTOL 162032 RRA
SVRTOL
OHC143-162130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
432 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

OHIO...SANDUSKY

AT 420 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLYDE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 30 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS.
REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN.. AND OCCASIONALLY DO.. PRODUCE A TORNADO
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

 JOHNSONQ

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 50 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, 46 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.
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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, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 min
Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron61 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

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.