Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1987
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1987, 6:02 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 28 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 8, 1987, 6:02 PM EDT (22:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1987, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Columbiana County, OH, Mahoning 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Columbiana, 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -383 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1483 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 082208 COR TORYNG OHC099-029-082230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 607 PM EDT MON JUN 8 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA AT 558 PM A TRAINED SEVERE STORM SPOTTER REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AT SALEM IN SOUTHERN MAHONING COUNTY. THIS POSSIBLE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST COLUMBIANA COUNTY. PERSONS IN THESE TWO COUNTIES SHOULD TAKE COVER NOW AND NOT WAIT FOR SEVERE SIGNS TO APPEAR. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD GO INDOORS TO THE LOWEST FLOOR AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS. PROTECT YOUR HEAD AND CHEST. TRY TO PUT AS MANY WALLS BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM AS POSSIBLE. MCMULLEN (CORRECTED TO INCLUDE WHOLE COUNTIES)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 58 min |
| Jun 8, 5:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 60 min |
| Jun 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 59 min |
| Jun 8, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 65 min |
| Jun 8, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 49 min |
| Jun 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 62 min |
| Jun 8, 6:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 30 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.