Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 25, 1987, 6:26 PM EST for Belmont 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
- Mar 25, 1987, 6:26 PM EST (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 1987, 7:30 PM EST
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Belmont 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 6:45 PM EST | Hail 1 | Belmont, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1508 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 KCAK 252326 SVRCAK OHC013-260030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 626 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO...BELMONT AT 610 PM DISASTER SERVICES IN MONROE COUNTY REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MILTONSBURG IN NORTHERN MONROE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THOMPSON
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, Mar 25, 2:14 PM EST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 213 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HASE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHEAST OHIO. AT 205 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WARREN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE ACROSS EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. TAYLOR
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 2:48 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 248 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 THE FIRST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE YEAR WERE MOVING THROUGH ASHTABULA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 240 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY TO EAST OF AKRON-CANTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN CONTAIN GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE EAST OF ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 4 PM. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:04 PM EST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 255 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 250 PM EST WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...THESE STORMS WILL MOVE TO THE PENNSYLVANIA BORDER ALONG WESTERN SECTIONS OF CRAWFORD AND ERIE COUNTIES BY 400 PM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...THE HEAVIEST OF THESE ARE IN A BAND FROM NEAR WARREN SOUTHWESTWARD TO BUTLER IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND IN PARTICULAR HAIL...HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED UP TO GOsLF BALL SIZE NEAR ZELIENOPLE IN SOUTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 3:46 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 340 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 340 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...IN THE NORTHWEST THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE ENTERED THE WESTERN HALF OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 6:01 PM EST, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 600 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 AT 555 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR CADIZ...5 MILES EAST OF WOODSFIELD...AND 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CALDWELL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS 5 MILES EAST OF WOODSFIELD AND WILL BE MOVING INTO MARSHALL COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA BY 615 PM. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Mar 25, 6:16 PM EST, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 615 PM EST WED MAR 25 1987 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CONTINUED ACROSS ASHTABULA COUNTY THIS EVENING. A 612 THIS EVENING CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THAT THIS STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF CONNEAUT. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS HEADING NORTHEAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE AT ABOUT 25 MILES AN HOUR... AND IT HAD WEAKENED DURING THE PAST HOUR. AT 530 THIS EVENING DIME-SIZED HAIL FELL ON HARPERSFIELD--JUST SOUTH OF GENEVA. HAILSTONES OF A SIMILAR SIZE WERE FOUND ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY. PEROUTKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 5:40 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 20 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.