Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1987, 5:10 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1987, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1987, 6:10 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1476 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 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 082110 SVRCLE OHC077-082210- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 510 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 610 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... HURON AT 506PM ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR NORWALK IN HURON COUNTY. AT 506PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NORWALK MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. 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 23 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, 17 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
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:04 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
505 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT...
A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN
WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO BY DARK. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA... SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE. LATE THIS AFTERNOON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
WERE FOUND OVER LAKE EIRE AND THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES. A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY CLEVELAND RADAR IN ERIE COUNTY. THE STORM
WAS MOVING RATHER RAPIDLY EAST.
A RATHER STRONG SOUTHWEST AIR FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT WERY
WARM CONDITIONS TO THE BUCKEYE STATE TODAY. TEMPERATURES BUSHED INTO
THE MID AND UPPER 80S AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON READINGS CONTINUED IN
THIS RANGE. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE TO THE OHIO
VALLEY BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR. A THREAT OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN OHIO OVERNIGHT... THEN DRY
WEATHER WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL ONLY BE
IN 70S FOR MOSTS PARTS OF THE STATE.
THE LATEST WEATHER MAP SHOWED A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER
EASTERN CANADA WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES REGION AND ON INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A COOL HIGH PRESSURE
SYSTEM WAS CENTERED O{VER SOUTH CENTRAL CANADA AND WAS BUILDING SOUTH
INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WARM
HIGH PRESSURE WAS FOUND SOUTH OF THE FRONT TO THE GULF OF MEXICO.
CHUDOWSKYSpecial weather statement, Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 505 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... A COLD FRONT EXTENDING ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTH PART OF LOWER MICHIGAN WILL PUSH SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO BY DARK. THE FRONT WILL TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA... SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. LATE THIS AFTERNOON NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND OVER LAKE EIRE AND THE EXTREME NORTHERN COUNTIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BY CLEVELAND RADAR IN ERIE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING RATHER RAPIDLY EAST. A RATHER STRONG SOUTHWEST AIR FLOW AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT BROUGHT WERY WARM CONDITIONS TO THE BUCKEYE STATE TODAY. TEMPERATURES PUSHED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 80S AND LATE THIS AFTERNOON READINGS CONTINUED IN THIS RANGE. THE COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE STATE TO THE OHIO VALLEY BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING WITH SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR. A THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN OHIO OVERNIGHT... THEN DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES TUESDAY WILL ONLY BE IN THE 70S FOR MOST PARTS OF THE STATE. THE LATEST WEATHER MAP SHOWED A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LOCATED OVER EASTERN CANADA WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWEST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION AND ON INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A COOL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS CENTERED OVER S~OUTH CENTRAL CANADA AND WAS BUILDING SOUTH INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND EAST INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION. WARM HIGH PRESSURE WAS FOUND SOUTH OF THE FRONT TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. CHUDOWSKY COR FOR TYPOS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 58 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.