Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1987, 5:02 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. 2 reports 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 8, 1987, 5:02 PM EDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1987, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina 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 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Lorain, OH | |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Medina, 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 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 KCLE 082102 SVRCLE OHC103-093-082200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 502 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO... MEDINA NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... LORAIN ...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 458PM RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM 5x MILES WEST OF OBERLIN NEAR THE LORAIN AND HURON COUNTY LINE. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. WHEELER
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 8, 2:47 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 243 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 240 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING EAST TO WEST ACROSS SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL ENTER NORTHERN FULTON AND NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTIES AROUND 3PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. KSL
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 4:53 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 450 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 AT 445 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FRON JUST NORTH OF MEDINA OHIO EAST TkHRU RAVENNA OHIO TO PARKER CITY PENNSYLVANIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MPH. HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED IN NORTHERN SUMMIT AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES OF OHIO. EH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 35 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987
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.