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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 29, 1987Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1987, 8:40 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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, 8:40 PM EDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga 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, 9:15 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Cuyahoga, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-30Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1987-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 300042
SVRCLE
OHC035-300130-

BULLETIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
840 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
   
OHIO...CUYAHOGA
 AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

5
AT 840 PM 68 MPH WINDS AND ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE CITY
OF LORAIN NEAR LAKE ERIE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO NORTHERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY BEFORE 9 PM EDT.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS VERY HEAVY RAIN AND HAIL
AS IT MOVE THROUHG THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. 
DAMAGING WINDS ANDE FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

MAXIMUK

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, 5:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 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, 2 hours 36 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, 1 hour 41 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
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 7:51 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
745 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE
NORTHWEST THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 10PM AS WELL AS PORTION OF EAST
CENTRAL OHIO NEAR ZANESVILLE.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WILL EXPIRE IN EASTERN PAULDING COUNTY
AT 8PM AND IN PUTNAM COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO AT 820 PM. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MERCER COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL
OHIO TIL 850 PM.

NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
OHIO. THEY WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST.

NEAR 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY OF
OF NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 615 PM.

HAIL AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED AT THE OTTAWA COUNTY HARBOR AT
740 PM.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT FROM MAUMEE BAY TO
AVON POINT OHIO UNTIL 9PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND HIGH WIND ARE LIKELY
IN PARTS OF THE REGION FROM NEAR DAYTON TO FINDLAY TO SANDUSKY AND
TOLEDO THROUGH 9PM THIS EVENING.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NEAR THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
BETWEEN WHEELING AND CANTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... TAKE SHELTER.

DRAG
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:01 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
800 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

AT 800 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY SOLID LINE OF
OF THUNDERSTORMS..SOME SEVERE..FROM TOLEDO..TO FINDLAY..TO LIMA.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER CRAFORD AND MORROW COUNTIES BY
830 PM EDT..AND THEN SWEEP ACROSS RICHLAND..KNOX AND ASHLAND COUNTIES
BETWEEN 830-10 PM EDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DANGEROUS AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CAUSED HIGH
WINDS AND ONE (1) HAIL IN NORTHWEST OHIO.

BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
835 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL OHIO...AN AREA FROM ZANESVILLE
TO BELLAIRE.

THE TORNADO WARNING FOR BELMONT COUNTY EXPIRED AT 830 PM.

AT 830 THIS EVENING AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED
THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS IN EASTERN BELMONT
COUNTY HAD MOVED INTO THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

AT 810 PM DEBRIS WAS REPORTED FALLING OUT OF CLOUDS OVER
BELLAIRE ALONG WITH THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL. MARBLE SIZE
HAIL WAS REPORTED JUST SOUTH OF ST. CLAIRSVILLE...ALL IN
BELMONT COUNTY. THE BELMONT COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REP7ORTS STATE
ROUTE 147 BLOCKED BY DOWNED TREES AND SEVERAL POWER OUTAGES
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE COUNTY. {
RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BATCH OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING
INTO CENTRAL OHIO.

THOMPSON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock65 min
Jun 29, 8:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEBelmont23 min
Jun 29, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot48 min
Jun 29, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain46 min
Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca38 min
Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake67 min
Jun 29, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga60 min
Jun 29, 9:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula53 min
Jun 29, 9:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne45 min
Jun 29, 9:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina65 min
Jun 30, 1:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas33 min
Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa61 min
Jun 30, 6:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECarroll44 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.