Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 10, 1986, 6:58 PM EST for Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min. 3 reports 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
- Mar 10, 1986, 6:58 PM EST (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1986, 7:45 PM EST
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 7:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lake, OH | |
| Mar 10, 7:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lake, OH | |
| Mar 10, 7:35 PM EST | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Geauga, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 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 KCLE 102358 SVRCLE OHC085-055-110045- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 658 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EST FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO...LAKE..GEAUGA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 655 PM EST 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN PARMA, SEVEN HILLS AND NORTH ROYALTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH AND WILL ENTER LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES SHORTLY AFTERN 700 PM EST. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE TORNADOES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS GET TO A REINFORuCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG.. DAMAGING WINDS.. LARGE HAIL.. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN.. AND OCCASIONALLY DO.. PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. MAXIMUK
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, Mar 10, 4:32 PM EST, 2 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 425 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 420 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS.. SITUATED FROM NEAR PORT ROWAN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO NEAR FAIRPORT OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR..AND SHOULD BE AFFECTING PARTS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES..-BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS TO OVER 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDER STORMS IN THE CLEVELAND AREA.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 4:56 PM EST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 452 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TOWARD NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 450 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE LONG POINT AREA IN SOUTHERN ONTARIO..SOUTH ACROSS LAKE ERIE TO CONNEAUT AND ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AND HOUR..AND SHOULD BE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF ERIE AND POSSIBLY NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES.. BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. SO FAR..NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.. HOWEVER THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR..AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:34 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 533 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 530 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS THE HEAVY RAINS MOVED THROUGH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL, MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES TILL 1100 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. DOXEY
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:36 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
^CLESPSYNG SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 533 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 530 PM EST WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS LINE. URBAN FLOODING WAS REPORTED AS THE HEAVY RAINS MOVED THROUGH. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL, MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES TILL 1100 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. DOXEY ...CORRECTED TO INCLUDE MOVEMENT...
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 5:46 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 539 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 AT 532 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BROAD AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ..SOME HEAVY..FROM SOUTHERN ONTARIO SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAKE ERIE..INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE.. FROM ERIE EAST TO NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA..AND OVER LAKE ERIE JUST SOUTH OF PORT BURWELL ON8TARIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS..HOWEVER WIND GUSTS REACHED AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR AT ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
Special weather statement, Mar 10, 6:25 PM EST, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 616 PM EST MON MAR 10 1986 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO AFFECT PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ARE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN THE 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR RANGE..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. THIS CURRENT BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE AREA FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OFL HOURS. HOWEVER, HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PRESENTLY LOCATED ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO..COULD POSSIBLY MOVE INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. SO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RADAR REPORTS AND STATEMENTS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 5:35 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 40 min |
| Mar 10, 5:38 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 51 min |
| Mar 10, 5:42 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 48 min |
| Mar 10, 6:11 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 49 min |
| Mar 10, 6:16 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 44 min |
| Mar 10, 6:25 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 45 min |
| Mar 10, 6:39 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 41 min |
| Mar 10, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 58 min |
| Mar 10, 6:57 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 63 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.