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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1987Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1987, 7:23 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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, 7:23 PM EDT (23:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1987, 8:20 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Putnam 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, 7:43 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Putnam, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1987-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 156 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1987-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
156 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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 KTOL 292323
SVRTOL
OHC137-300020-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
723 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
 
NORTHWEST OHIO... PUTNAM
 
AT 722 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN PUTNAM COUNTY MOVING EAST AROUND 30 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 29, 4:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND LATE AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
455 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

SEVERE WEATHER HAS STRUCK PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO...  ESPECIALLY
NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST SECTIONS.

THUNDERSTORMS ROLLED ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE THIS
AFTERNOON KNOCKING DOWN TREES AND CAUSING NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES.

THE MOST NOTABLE REPORTS WERE FROM LORAIN TO CLEVELAND AND AKRON.
THERE WAS AN OFFICIAL REPORT OF 66 MPH WIND AT BOTH LORAIN AND ASHTABULA
LIGHTHOUSE.  A 10 YEAR OLD BOY WAS REPORTEDLY STRUCK BY LIGHTNING
ON THE EAST SIDE OF CLEVELAND.

THE STORMS PRODUCED TORRENTS OF RAIN CAUSING BRIEF FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. GOLF BALL HAIL OCCURRED IN RICHVILLE OF SOUTHERN
STARK COUNTY.
^
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHEAST OHIO WILL BE CANCELLED
AS OF 5PM. A WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT TILL 10 PM FOR THE ZANESVILLE
AREA OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO OVER TO WHEELING AND PARKERSBURG WEST
VIRGINIA.

ANOTHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10PM.

THE FIRST ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED FOR MOST
OF OHIO BUT A SECOND ROUND OF STORMS IS FORECAST FOR LATER THIS
EVENING AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE NORTH. THIS NEXT BATCH OF STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AS WELL AS WIDESPREAD
HEAVY RAINS.

SOUTHERN OHIO WILL HAVE A WARM HUMID NIGHT WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY
OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY EXPECTED.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED STATEWIDE TUESDAY AND
TUESDAY NIGHT. DRIER WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY.

ON THE LATE AFTERNOON MAP... A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM NORTHERN
LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH SOUTHERN WISCONSIN TO WESTERN KANSAS.
THIS FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OHIO TUESDAY.
DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
505 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987_

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OHIO. AS OF 5 PM ALL WARNINGS
IN EASTERN OHIO HAD EXPIRED.

AT 5 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF HEAVY
THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST LIVERPOOL TO CAMBRIDGE. THE STRONGEST
STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAST LIVERPOOL AND SHOULD
MOVE INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY 530 PM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
AT 45 MPH.

BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS
OF DOWNED TREES IN STARK AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. LIGHTNING STRUCK A
PEDESTRIAN IN DOWNTOWN CANTON. LIGHTNING ALSO SET, AN OIL WELL ON FIRE
SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. THERE WERE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN
STARK AND CARROL COUNTIES.
THOMPSON {
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
515 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND EASTERN OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 510 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERIE
PENNSYLVANIA TO MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO SOUTHERN
COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN OHIO.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER
COLUMBIANA COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY
RAIN, SMALL HAIL, AND GUSTY WINDS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH.

AT 448 PM QUARTER INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT SALINEVILLE OHIO AND AT 510
PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT WELLSVILLE OHIO, BOTH IN COLUMBIANA
COUNTY.

PEOPLEA IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IF THE WEATHER
LOOKS THREATENING.
MCMULLEN
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 5:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
550 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A SMALL PART OF
EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

RADAR AT 545 PM SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST
OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE HEADING NORTHEAST BETWEEN DEFINACE AND
FINDLAY.

OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND ZANESVILLE IN
THE EAST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN NORTH CENTRAL OR NORTHEAST OHIO
BETWEEN 5 AND 545 PM. HOWEVER... THE ATMOSPHERE CONTINUES QUITE UNSTABLE
AND ANOTHER OUTBREAK OF SEVERE STORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO IS POSSIBLE
THIS] EVENING AND EARLY TONIGHT.

DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:04 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
559 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH-
WEST PENNSYLVANIA...HAS BEEN CANCELED.

THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND NO LONGER ARE EXPECTED
TO PRODUCE SEVERE WEATHER.

HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
TONIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 6:59 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
650 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE
NORTHWEST THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 10PM. THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE WATCH
IS BOUNDED FROM JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND TO NEAR COLUMBUS AND
CINCINNATI.

NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OHIO BETWEEN 550 AND 650 PM
BUT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 710 PM FOR
HENRY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES.

STORMS CROSSING NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT MAY BE SEVERE. WE EXPECT
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...SOME HAIL AND STRONG WINDS IN PARTS OF THE
WATCH AREA. A COUPLE OF PLACES MAY RECIEVE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN
HOURS TIME ALONG WITH SOME URBAN FLOODING.

ALSO... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION
OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO NEAR ZANESVILLE UNTIL 10PM.

AT 655 PM... A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS CROSSING
THE OHIO INDIANA BORDER IN THE NORTHWEST SECTION OF THE STATE.

DRAG

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, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne56 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

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.