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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 6, 1986Logan County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 6, 1986, 8:31 PM EDT for Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 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, 8:31 PM EDT (00:31 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 1986, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Logan 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 6, 8:47 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 52Logan, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1986-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1279 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1986-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 127 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1279 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1370 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin57 min
May 6, 8:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Miami56 min
May 6, 8:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby61 min
May 6, 8:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign65 min
May 6, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford, Morrow60 min
May 6, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble62 min
May 7, 12:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNWarren43 min
May 7, 12:45 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton35 min
May 7, 1:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHighland31 min
May 7, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke60 min
May 7, 4:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNGreene, Montgomery64 min
May 7, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont31 min
May 7, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBrown33 min
May 7, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont42 min
May 7, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler50 min
May 7, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClermont26 min
May 7, 4:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin45 min
May 7, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRipley34 min
May 7, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn48 min
May 7, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFranklin, Ripley59 min
May 7, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Kenton42 min
May 7, 6:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Kenton26 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.