Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 1986, 4:38 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit 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
- Jul 8, 1986, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1986, 5:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Stark County, OH, Summit 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:45 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 082038 SVRCAK OHC151-153-082140- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 438 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO... STARK.. SUMMITT AT 425 PM, WINDS OF 63 MILES AN HOUR WERE RECORED AT AKRON-CANTON REGIONAL AIRPORT. STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST EAST OF THE AIRPORT AND WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS.. DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LKH
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, Jul 8, 12:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1245 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986
AT 1240 PM, RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
STARK COUNTY.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL, BRIEF STRONG WINDS, AND
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY
SHOULD REMAIN INDOORS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
DOX^EY/MCMULLEN
[Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
324 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986
AT 320 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH
MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY RAIN,
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE
TO A SAFE PLACE IF WEATHER LOOKS THREATENING.
MCMULLEN/DOXEY
[Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:45 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 345 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR ABOUT THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO. RADAR AT 340 PM INDICATED NO THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE WATCH AREA IN OHIO. HOWEVER, A WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP SO BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MORAVEK
Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:36 PM EDT, 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
436 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 1986
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH COLUMBIANA COUNTY.
AT 425 PM THE DISASTER SERVICE AGENCY REPORTED DOWNED POWER LINES AND
HEAVY RAIN IN EAST LIVERPOOL. HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS
ALSO REPORTED IN LISBON.
AT 430 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER STARK AND
COLUMBIANA COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 TO 25 MPH.
PEOPLE IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL, GUSTY WINDS, HEAVY
RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH.
DOXEY
[The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.