Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1987Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1987, 2:54 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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, 2:54 PM EDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1987, 3:50 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne 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 29, 3:30 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Wayne, 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 158 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1987-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1987-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 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 KCAK 291854
SVRCAK
OHC169-291950-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
254 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 350 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTHEAST OHIO... WAYNE
 
AT 255 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WOOSTER OHIO MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM #MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS
AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM.
 
EH

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, 2 hours 36 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, 1 hour 17 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, 1 hour 16 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca53 min
Jun 29, 1:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky29 min
Jun 29, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron58 min
Jun 29, 1:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie63 min
Jun 29, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain64 min
Jun 29, 2:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga58 min
Jun 29, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake65 min
Jun 29, 3:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit65 min
Jun 29, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula76 min
Jun 29, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana64 min
Jun 29, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECarroll61 min
Jun 29, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Putnam59 min
Jun 29, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam57 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.