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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1986Belmont County, Guernsey County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1986, 6:08 PM EDT for Belmont County, Guernsey County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1986, 7:10 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Belmont County, OH, Guernsey 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 27, 6:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Guernsey, 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1986-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 272208
SVRCAK
OHC013-059-272310-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
608 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF
 
OHIO.. BELMONT.. GUERNSEY
 
WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 605 PM EDT INDICATED
A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BIRIMGHAM, OHIO. THIS STORM
WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
 
MARTIN

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, 3:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 38 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, 2 hours 25 minutes 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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Special weather statement, Jun 27, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
345 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

THE WATCH IS FOR THAT PART OF OHIO WEST OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO 10
MILES EAST OF XENIA.

AT 340 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
YOUNGSTOWN, THROUGH AKRON, MANSFIELD AND FINDLAY TO THE OHIO-INDIANA
BORDER. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH WHILE THE LINE WAS
DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH.

THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE BETWEEN FINDLAY AND FOSTORIA, IN THE
MANSFIELD AREA AND BETWEEN AKRON AND CANTON.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT COUNTY UNTIL
410 PM EDT. THERE WERE SOME REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS DOWN AND SMALL HAIL
IN STOW AROUND 3 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN OHIO DURING THE REST OF THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA MAY BE
EXP,ANDED.

PEOPLE IN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER BE SIGHTED.

MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:03 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
^CLESPSCAK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
602 PM EDT FRI JUN 27 1986

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN
PARTS OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THE WATCH AREA INCLUDES AREAS
SOUTH OF A LINE FROM RICHLAND COUNTY EST THRU STARK COUNTY TO
COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THE WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF MANSFIELD,
CANTON, COLUMBUS, ZANESVILLE, AND MARIETTA.

AT 600 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
FROM PITTSBURGH WEST THRU STEUBENVILLE. NEWCOMERSTOWN, MILLERSBURG,
TO LOUDENVILLE. ANOTHER AREA OF STRON THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR
MANSFIELD WEST TO FINDLAY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST
AT 40 MPH, WHILE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DRIFTS SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH
THE STATE.
HEAVY RAINS AND 1/4 INCH HAIL WERE REPORTED AT COSHOCTON AT 555 PM.
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED AT 705 PM EDT OR ON THE HALF HOUR
IF OTHER REPORTS ARE RECEIVED.          ALTO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit60 min
Jun 27, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark56 min
Jun 27, 4:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll, Tuscarawas65 min
Jun 27, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Holmes60 min
Jun 27, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPaulding57 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.