Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1987, 2:51 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 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 27, 1987, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1987, 4:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull 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 27, 3:01 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Trumbull, 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 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 KYNG 271851 SVRYNG OHC155-272000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 251 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHEAST OHIO...TRUMBULL AT 245PM A SKYWARN OBSERVER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL HAD OCCURED ON NORTH ROAD BETWEEN WARREN AND HOWLAND. IN ADDITION TO THE HAIL WAS BREIF DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. WHEN A THUNDERSTORM THREATENS ALL LIGHTNING EXPERTS AGREE THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT SINGLE THING YOU CAN DO IS TO GET INSIDE A HOME OR LARGE BUILDING. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE TIPME TO REACH A SAFE BUILDING.. AVOID OPEN FIELDS SUCH AS GOLF COURSES.. BASEBALL FIELDS.. BEACHES OR FISHING FROM A SMALL BOAT OR PIERS.
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 27, 9:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
911 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORELINE AREA OF LAKE ERIE...
AT 915 EDT THIS MORNING..WEATHER RADAR INDICATES AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKESHORE AREA IN NORTHEAST OHIO..FROM NEAR
PAINSVILLE..FAIRPORT..AND GENEVA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING EASTNORTH
EAST AT ABOUT 25 TO 30 MPH.
THE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS DURING THE NEXT
HOUR..AND MAY POSSIBLY AFFECT PORTIONS OF ERIE COUNTY..AND EXTREME
NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY..IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
THESE STORMS MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..AND GUSTY
WINDS..AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL.
PALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THESE STORMS..FOR THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
RLW/ERIESpecial weather statement, Jun 27, 10:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1045 AM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1045 AM EDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND NORTHEAST OHIO MOVING EASTWARD INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. THESE STORMS MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS..AND GUSTY WINDS..AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. WATERSPOUTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS OVER LAKE ERIE AND SMALL BOATERS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 135 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM THE ISLANDS TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 3 PM EDT. AT 125 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS LAKE ERIE FROM CHATHAM ONTARIO INLAND THROUGH VERMILION TO JUST WEST OF COLUMBUS. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF VERMILION AND JUST EAST OF NORWALK. THE CHARTER BOAT MISS MAJESTIC REPORTED 50 KNOT WINDS AND 7 FOOT WAVES 5 MILES NORTH OF VERMILION 120 PM EDT. THOSE WINDS AND WAVES WERE WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS. THERE ALSO HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED BY SEVERAL STORM SPOTTERS JUST EAST OF CHAGRIN FALLS AT 110 PM EDT. WATERSPOUTS CONTINUE OVER LAKE ERIE AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THESE WATERSPOUTS WILL HAVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND BOATERS SHOULD AVOID THEM. THE WATERSPOUTS WILL DISSIPATE AS THEY MOVE NEAR THE SHORE. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY NEAR AGRRETTSVILLE. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HAIL IN CLEVELANDS EASTERN SUBURBS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM MANSFIELD THROUGH CANTON TO STEUBENVILLE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS THAT WAS NEAR VERMILION WILL BE TO THE CLEVELAND AREA BY 230 PM. THE STRONG STORM THAT WAS OVER THE LAKE NORTH OF VERMILION SHOULD MOVE INLAND IN THE EUCLID TO MENTOR AREA AROUND 230 PM EDT. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 1:53 PM EDT, 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 150 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 145 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE NORTH OF AVON LAKE THROUGH LORAIN... OBERLIN AND MANSFIELD TO COLUMBUS. AS THIS LINE MOVED EAST AT 30 MPH IT HAS BEEN PRODUCING WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH AND HAIL. WINDS WERE REPORTED AT 40 MPH AT MANSFIELD AT 120 PM EDT AND 50 MPH AT DON SCOTT FIELD IN COLUMBUS AT AROUND 140 PM EDT. THESE GUSTS OCCURRED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WILL BE INTO CLEVELANDS WESTERN SUBURBS BY AROUND 215 PM EDT AND TO THE EASTERN SUBURBS AROUND 245 PM EDT. AS THE LINE MOVES THROUGH IT WILL PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH, BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN LORAIN... CUYAHOGA AND MEDINA COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS AND MOVE TO SAFETY INDOORS AS THE STORMS APPROACH. MAXIMUK
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 2:05 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 205 PM EDT SAT JUN 27 1987 AT 2PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY TO ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF CANTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL.. LIGHTNING.. STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF DOWNPOURS AS THEY MOVED OVER HOLMES..STARK.. AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO TRUMBULL.. MAHO!NING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES BY 230PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.. MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY. UDELL
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.