Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1986
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at May 6, 1986, 8:56 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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
- May 6, 1986, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 1986, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandusky 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Sandusky, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1882 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1282 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 070056 TORTOL OHC143-070200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 856 PM EDT TUE MAY 6 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO... SANDUSKY AT 850 PM NUMEROUS REPORTS WERE RECEIVED OF FUNNEL CLOUDS NEAR GIBSONBURG IN SANDUSKY OHIO. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD GO INDOORS TO THE BASEMENT OR LOWEST zFLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST. TRY TO HAVE AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM AS POSSIBLE. KSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 57 min |
| May 6, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 81 min |
| May 6, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 60 min |
| May 6, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 86 min |
| May 6, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 62 min |
| May 6, 8:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 71 min |
| May 6, 8:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 58 min |
| May 6, 9:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 70 min |
| May 6, 10:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 52 min |
| May 7, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Noble | 62 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.