Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1987, 9:30 PM EDT (01:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1987, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 300133 SVRCLE OHC035-055-300230- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 930 PM EDT MON JUN 29 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO...CUYAHOGA..GEAUGA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 930 PM EDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CLEVELANDS EASTERN SUBURBS. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO GEAUGA COUNTY BEFORE 10 PM EDT. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND STRONG WINDS GUSTS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. DAMAGING WINDS AND 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, 6:04 PM EDT, 3 hours 26 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, 2 hours 31 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, 1 hour 39 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, 1 hour 29 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, 53 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.
THOMPSONSpecial weather statement, Jun 29, 8:54 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 855 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. 1 INCH HAIL AND 68 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED FROM THE CITY OF LORAIN AT 840 PM. UPPER SANDUSKY REPORTED 60 MPH WINDS AT 835 PM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES ARE REPORTED DUE TO LIGHTNING STRIKES AS WELL AS WIND BLOWING TREE LIMBS DOWN ON POWERLINES. AT 850 PM... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD AND DAYTON. OTHER STRONGT STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND ALSO IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. DRAG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jun 29, 8:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Belmont | 23 min |
| Jun 29, 8:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 48 min |
| Jun 29, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 8:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 8:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 9:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 53 min |
| Jun 29, 9:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 9:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 65 min |
| Jun 30, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Carroll | 44 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.