Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Cleveland, OH
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:43 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Putnam, 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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 2:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 64 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 |
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.