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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 1987Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 1987, 5:36 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 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, 5:36 PM EDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1987, 6:25 PM EDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Erie 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 5:45 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Erie, 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

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1987-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1987-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 180 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 082136
SVRCLE
OHC043-082240-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
536 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
 
NORTH CENTRAL OHIO... ERIE
 
...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.
 
AT 530 PM RADAR INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST
ERIE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING 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 49 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, 43 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, 32 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.

CHUDOWSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 5:06 PM EDT, 30 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, 5 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina58 min
Jun 8, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron60 min
Jun 8, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull62 min
Jun 8, 5:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage59 min
Jun 8, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit61 min
Jun 8, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry65 min
Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne62 min
Jun 8, 6:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning28 min
Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana30 min
Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot45 min
Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana35 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.