Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1987, 5:35 PM EDT for Henry County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 8, 1987, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1987, 6:40 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Henry 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, 5:42 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Henry, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1435 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 KTOL 082139 RRA SVRTOL OHC069-082240- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 535 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO... HENRY AT 530 PM THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL NEAR RIDGEVILLE CORNERS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS HAIL WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. KSL
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 48 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, 42 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, 31 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, 29 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.
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 532 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE KNOCKED DOWN TREES IN LORAIN COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 5PM. HAIL UP ONE AND ONE QUARTER INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED FROM MONROEVILLE IN HURON COUNTY AT 510 PM. ALSO... 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES WAS REPORTED FROM PITTSFIELD IN LORAIN COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE NOT PRODUCING DAMAGE HAD BEEN GIVING BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES. AT 525PM...RADAR WAS SHOWING NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS STRUNG OUT EAST WEST ACROSS THE NORTH THIRD OF OHIO FROM NEAR TOLEDO AND FINDLAY EAST THROUGH THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND MANSFIELD... THEN EAST TO BETWEEN AKRON AND YOUNGSTOWN. THE STORMS WERE RACING EAST NEAR 40 MPH WILE THE BAND OF STORMS SINKS SLOWLY SOUTH. THE MANSFIELD CANTON AKRON AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO BE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE BETWEEN 6 AND 8PM. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD DIMINISH FROM TOLEDO TO CLEVELAND AFTER 7PM. DRAG
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, 5:10 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, 5:36 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.