Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1986, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1986, 4:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1847 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 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 271927 SVRCAK OHC153-272010- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 310 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 410 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST OHIO... SUMMIT RADAR AT 300PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF AKRON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS... DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BROOKY ...CORRECTED TIME ON WARNING...
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 27, 10:20 AM EDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 1020 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986 AT 320 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER SHELBY OHIO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE ACROSS RICHLAND COUNTY BETWEEN 320PM EDT AND 4PM. THE THUNDERSTORM HAS THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:18 AM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1114 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1115 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDER STORMS FROM NEAR TORONTO SOUTHWEST OVER THE LONG POINT AREA INTO NORTHEAST OHIO. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE AND IS MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT NEAR 35 MPH. IT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT HOUR. IT IS POSSIBLE THERE MAY BE BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS EXPERIENCED IN BOTH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTY WHICH MAY CAUSE SOME LOCAL URBAN FLOODING. DDB
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:37 AM EDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1133 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO.
AT 1125 AM EDT SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM
FROM WEST OF ERIE, PA TO EAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THIS LINE
WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AND WILL PASS THROUGH
TRUMBULL, MAHONING, AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN OHIO BY 1230
PM AND MERCER AND LAWERANCE COUNTIES IN PA BY 130 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.
MILLER
[Special weather statement, Jun 27, 11:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1133 AM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO. AT 1125 AM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORM FROM WEST OF ERIE, PA TO EAST OF COLUMBUS OHIO. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AND WILL PASS THROUGH TRUMBULL, MAHONING, AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN OHIO BY 1230 PM AND MERCER AND LAWERANCE COUNTIES IN PA BY 130 PM. THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 56 min |
| Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll, Tuscarawas | 65 min |
| Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Holmes | 60 min |
| Jun 27, 5:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Paulding | 57 min |
| Jun 27, 6:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Guernsey | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.