Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1986, 6:29 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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 16, 1986, 6:29 PM EDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:38 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Summit, OH | |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Summit, 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, 10.5 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
- 486 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 960 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 162229 TORCAK OHC153-162330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 629 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO.. SUMMIT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER SOUTHEAST MEDINA COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE TRAPPED OUTDOORS AWAY FROM SAFE SHELTER GO TO A DITCH OR LOW AR~EA. GET AS LOW AS POSSIBLE AND PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST. BE CAREFUL OF FLOODING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM CULVERTS. EH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 4:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 4:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 58 min |
| Jun 16, 5:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Jun 16, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 6:25 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 6:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 6:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 7:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 66 min |
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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.