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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 1987Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1987, 10:28 AM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1987, 10:28 AM EDT (14:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1987, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1987-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 623 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1987-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
623 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1105 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 261433
SVRCLE
OHC093-261515-

BULLETIN
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1028 AM EDT SUN JUL 26 1987 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
   
OHIO...LORAIN
 AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE.

THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE NORTHWEST OF LORAIN WILL MOVE ONWSHORE
BY 1040 AM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINS..
POSSIBLyE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.

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

PAM
OH02 920

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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.