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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 1987Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1987, 6:19 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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
Jul 10, 1987, 6:19 PM EDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1987, 7:15 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Trumbull 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
Jul 10, 6:47 PM EDTThunderstorm Wind 0Trumbull, 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 12:00Z on 1987-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1987-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 KYNG 102219
SVRYNG
OHC155-102315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
619 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY OF

NORTHEAST OHIO...TRUMBULL

AT 615 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN TRUMBULL
COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.  TRUMBULL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED
TREES DOWN IN BRISTOL.

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

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 10, 5:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
512 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1987

AT 505 PM EDT CLEVELAND'S WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES. THROUGH THE EARLY
EVENING HOURS THESE STORMS WILL BE DRIFTING SLOWLY EAST AND LIKELY
EXPAND INTO THE REST OF THE COUNTIES OF EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS... GUSTY WINDS..AND
SMALL HAIL. THESE CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED AT CHARDON IN GEAUGA           .
COUNTY AROUND 5 PM.

CHUDOWSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:40 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
538 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1987

AT 530 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER
GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES.  THESE HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD CAUSE
SOME STREET FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS... ESPECIALLY IN UNDERPASSES.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING THROUGH THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

AT 530 THIS EVENING STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED AT CHARDON IN
GEAUGA COUNTY. PEA SIZED HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN THE CHARDON
AREA.

THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO
THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

WHEELER
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:58 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
557 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1987

AT 555 PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHERN TRUMBULL
COUNTY.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST NORTH OF
PYMANTUNING RESERVOIR TO JUST EAST OF MESOPATAMIA IN TRUMBULL
COUNTY AT 555 PM.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL
MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY BETWEEN 600 AND 700 PM.

VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND SMALL HAIL WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS
THEY MOVED ACROSS GEAUGA COUNTY BETWEEN 500 AND 600 PM.

PEOPLE IN TRUMBULL COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.  THE HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE POOLING
OF WATER ON ROADS IN THIS AREA AND MOTORIST SHOULD USE CAUTION.

TAYLOR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull64 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.