Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1987, 2:11 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 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 29, 1987, 2:11 PM EDT (18:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1987, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain 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 29, 2:33 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 66 | Lorain, 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 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 291813 SVRCLE OHC093-291915- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 211 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF OHIO...LORAIN AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 210 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM SANDUSKY THROUGH NORWALK TO SHELBY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH AND WILL ENTER WESTERN LORAIN COUNTY AROUND 225 PM EDT. AT 210 PM EDT TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN AND POWER OUTAGES IN THE MILAN AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. MAXIMUK OH02B 920
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 29, 12:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1215 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ENTERING NORTHWEST OHIO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1210 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR GRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE AND PAULDING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. KSL C
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:37 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 140 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 AT 135 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER SENCA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 145 PM EDT. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE EAST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE OVERHEAD. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 1:38 PM EDT, 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 140 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 AT 120 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FOSTORIA OHIO MOVING EAST AROUND 50 MPH. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM TOLEDO THROUGH FOSTORIA TO NEAR UPPER SANDUSKY. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS DUE TO ITS RAPID MOVEMENT. THE STORMS ALSO HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND SMALL HAIL. THE CENTER OF THE STRONGEST STORM WILL BE MOVING JUST NORTH OF TIFFIN AND ENTERING THE BELLEVUE AND WILLARD AREAS JUST BEFORE 2 PM EDT. THE STORMS WILL BE TO SANDUSKY BEFORE 230 PM EDT. AGAIN THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. MAXIMUK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 1:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 63 min |
| Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 76 min |
| Jun 29, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 61 min |
| Jun 29, 6:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Putnam | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 57 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.