Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 6:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Guernsey, 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.
- 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 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 3:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 60 min |
| 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 |
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.