Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1986, 3:44 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 27, 1986, 3:44 PM EDT (19:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1986, 4:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Stark, 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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 KCAK 271944 SVRCAK OHC151-272040- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 344 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 440 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO.. STARK RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY OHIO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS OF 56 MPH WERE RECORED AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 340 PM EDT. TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM LIGHTNING.. TRY TO GET INSIDE A BUILDING. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TIME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING.. AVOID OPEN FIELDS SUCH AS GOLF COURSES.. BALL FIELDS.. BEACHES.. OR FISHING FROM PIERS OR SMALL BOATS.- EH
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, 5 hours 24 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, 4 hours 26 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, 4 hours 7 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, 4 hours 4 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
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:30 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 330 PM 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 ..CORRECTED CORRECT THE TIME..
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:43 PM EDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
340 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA
COUNTIES.
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN WESTERN MAHONING COUNTY WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIANA BY 430 PM.
THESE STORMS WERE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL.
MILLER
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[The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.