Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 6:09 PM EDT for Darke County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1986, 6:09 PM EDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 7:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 507 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 KDAY 162209 SVRDAY OHC037-162310- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 609 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 710 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO.. DARKE AT 605 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN DARKE COUNTY OHIO. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG.. DAMAGING WINDS.. LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAINS.. AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN.. AND OCCASIONALLY DO.. PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNIlNG. MS
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 16, 5:29 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 525 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 AT 520 PM EDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MERCER COUNTY OHIO. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SANDUSKY OHIO SOUTHWEST TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUST TO 40 MPH, AND POSSIBLEY SMALL HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUT0HEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO DARKE, SHELBY, AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN OHIO BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM EDT. GCL
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:32 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 525 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 AT 520 PM EDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MERCER COUNTY OHIO. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF SANDUSKY OHIO SOUTHWEST TO TERRE HAUTE INDIANA. THERE WERE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUST TO 40 MPH, AND POSSIBLEY SMALL HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL MERCER COUNTY OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO DARKE, SHELBY, AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN OHIO BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. GCL ...CORRECTED TO ADD WATCH INFO6RMATION...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 56 min |
| Jun 16, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 5:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.