Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 5:55 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
- Jul 12, 1986, 5:55 PM EDT (21:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1986, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:00 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 56 | Fairfield, 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 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 KCMH 122157 COR SVRCMH OHC045-141900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 555 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO... FAIRFIELD AT 554 PM EDT THE COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY NEAR AMANDA.. MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THES%E THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS... DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. RAMEY
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, Jul 12, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV 255 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986 AT 245 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOW A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REACHING FROM NEAR PORTSMOUTH OHIO TO MOREHEAD KENTUCKY AND ON SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF JACKSON KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE NORTHERN SEGMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO CARTER LEWIS AND GREENUP COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY BY 330 PM EDT. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS. SMALL STREAM FLOODING SHOULD BE ANTICIPATED IN THE AREA OF THESE HEAVY RAINS AND POOLING OF WATER ON RAODWAYS WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. END/PLYBON
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 345 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL 10 PM EDT TONIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST VIRGINIA THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.. BOONE...LOGAN...MINGO...WYOMING...FAYETTE...RALEIGH...SUMMERS... NICHOLAS...MONROE AND GREENBRIER. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ## LANE
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 5:23 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BECKLEY WV 515 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 1986 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF WEST VIRGINIA UNTIL 10 PM TONIGHT. THE WATCH INCLUDES BOONE.. LOGAN..MINGO..WYOMING..FAYETTE..RALEIGH..SUMMERS..NICHOLAS..MONROE.. AND GREENBRIER COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. SHOWERS AND HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FROM PARKERSBURG TO SUMMERSVILLE.. RAINELLE..BECKLEY AND BLUEFIELD WESTWARD INTO KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RA IN..CAUSING SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING..LARGE HAIL..DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. FUNDERBURK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 9:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Franklin | 63 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.