Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1986, 8:03 PM EDT for Butler County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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 16, 1986, 8:03 PM EDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1986, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Butler 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, 8:30 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Butler, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 2030 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1300 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.8
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 31 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...
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
625 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986
AT 620 PM EDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH DARKE AND
SHELBY COUNTIES OF OHIO.
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM
NEAR MARION OHIO SOUTHWEST TO INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR BELLEFOUNTAINE IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND NEAR
MUNCIE INDIANA.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOV{E THROUGH
MIAMI AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM, AND INTO
PREBLE, MONTGOMERY AND CLARK COUNTIES BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR A LARGE PART
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO.
MSSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 7:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 700 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 AT 655 PM EDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MIAMI AND CLARK COUNTIES OF OHIO. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO WEST TO INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS NEAR TIPP CITY AND IN WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN THE MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PREBLE, MONTGOMERY AND GREEN COUNTIES BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. JDD
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:33 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 733 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 AT 730 PM EDT HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH MONTGOMERY AND PREBLE COUNTIES OF OHIO. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM COLUMBUS OHIO WEST TO DAYTON AND INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN NORTHERN MONTGOMERY AND PREBLE COUNTIES. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. WINDS GUSTS OF 35 MPH WAS REPORTED AT THE AIRPORT AT 730 MPH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH PREBLE, MONTGOMERY AND GREEN COUNTIES BY 830 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR THE MIAMI VALLEY AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. JDD
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:44 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 750 PM EDT MON JUN 16 1986 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PARTS OF FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA..AND THE NORTHERN PARTS OF BUTLER AND WARREN COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO BY 830 PM EDT. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 20 MPH, AND WILL SPREAD INTO HAMILTON COUNTY AND THE CINCINNATI AREA BETWEEN 9 AND 10 PM. END JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Warren | 64 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.