Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1987, 7:31 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 74 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1987, 7:31 PM EDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1987, 8:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 74 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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
- 157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 715 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 032332 SVRCLE OHC093-035-040045- BULLETIN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 731 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF OHIO...LORAIN..CUYAHOGA AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. AT 730 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF LORAIN TO 15 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO LORAIN AND THE NORTHEAST SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND AROUND 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL.. HEAVY RAIN.. DAMAGING WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SJN OH02 9230
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, Jul 3, 4:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 459 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 455 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MONROE COUNTY, MICHIGAN INTO LUCAS, FULTON AND WILLIAMS COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER TOLEDO AND OVER DELTA. THE DELTA STORM PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAIN, PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS OF 35 MPH AT 450 THIS EVENING. THE TOLEDO STORM HAS BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN. THE TOLEDO STORM WILL MOVE INTO MAUMEE BAY BY 530 THIS EVENING AND THE DELTA STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH LUCAS COUNTY BY 6 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. PEOPLE AT THE LADIES PRO GOLFING TOURNAMENT, IN WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY, SHOULD BE TAKING PROTECTIVE MEASURES AS THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAIN, STRONG GUSTY WINDS, DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL BY 6 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. MOVEMENT WA!S EAST AT 35 MPH. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 525 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 520 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LUCAS THROUGH FULTON, HENRY AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SOUTHWEST LUCAS, SOUTHWEST FULTON AND NORTHWEST HENRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL, WINDS OF 35 MPH, TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH LUCAS, FULTON AND HENRY COUNTIES BY 630 THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST OHIOIANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECT1IVE ACTION IF DANGEROUS WEATHER DEVELOPS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:40 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 540 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MAUME BAY TO AVON POINT UNTIL 615 PM. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 530 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE TO TOLEDO AND FORT WAYNE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE THROUGH CLEVELAND AND FINDLAY AROUND 8 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... 3/4 INCH HAIL... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGBHTNING. PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO AND BOATERS ON WESTERN LAKE ERIE SHOULD BE ALERT TO DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS AND TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. < SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 602 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OTTAWA THROUGH LUCAS, WOOD AND HENRY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WESTERN OTTAWA, NORTHERN WOOD AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTIES. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN, GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YET TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OTTAWA AND LUCAS COUNTIES, AND INTO SOUTHERN WOOD AND SOUTHEwRN HENRY COUNTIES BY 7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST OHIOIANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE PROTECTIVE ACTION IF DANGEROUS WEATHER DEVELOPS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:44 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 644 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 640 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM THE BASS ISLANDS THROUGH OTTAWA, SANDUSKY, WOOD AND HENRY COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER THE BASS ISLANDS. ALL THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN, WINDS OF 30 TO 35 MPH AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED YET TODAY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH OTTAWA, WOOD AND HENRY COUNTIES AND INTO SANDUSKY, HANCOCK AND PUTNAM COUNTIES BY 8 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. NORTHWEST OHIOIANS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF DANGEROUS WEATHER DEVELOPS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:44 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 645 PM EDT FRI JUL 3 1987 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM MAUME BAY TO RIPLEY, NEW YORK UNTIL 820 PM. AT 635 WEATHER SERVICE RADAY SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE ERIE AND CONTINUING TO FORT WAYNE, INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL REACH THE SOUTH SHORES OF LAKE ERIE FROM VERMILLION TO RIPLEY AROUND 8 PM. WIND GUSTS OF 35 MPH... PEA SIZE HAIL... AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED IN THE TOLEDO AREA WHEN THESE STORMS MOVED INTO NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... 3/4 INCH HAIL... FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN OHIO AND BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD BE ALERT TO APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. SMALL BOAT OPERATORS ON SOUTHERN LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. SJN
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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.