Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1987, 6:05 PM EDT for Van Wert County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 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
- May 30, 1987, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1987, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Van Wert 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 6:18 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Van Wert, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 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 KDAY 302206 SVRDAY OHC161-302250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 605 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO... VAN WERT AT 600 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR VAN WERT OHIO. SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HIGH WINDS SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF VAN WERT. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. LINDSEY
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, May 30, 1:38 PM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNNATI, OH
137 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987
AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORM
OVER KENTON COUNTY IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THIS STORM IS PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THE STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO
NORTHERN CAMPBELL COUNTY AND THROUGH CINCINNATI AND EASTERN HAMILTON
OHIO BY 230 PM EDT.
DILL
]Special weather statement, May 30, 3:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNNATI, OH
310 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR HAS INDICATED A HEAVY THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY.
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND IS MOVING
SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
WITH THE SLOW MOVMENT OF THIS STORM PEOPLE IN WARRERN COUNTY SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING...AND
THE POSSIBILITY OF BRIEF GUSTY 8WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WITH THIS STORM.
PAWLAK
]Special weather statement, May 30, 3:41 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 340 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8PM EDT... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN SOUTHEAST MONTGOMERY AND SOUTHWEST GREENE COUNTIES AT 330 PM. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF DAYTON IN THE CENTERVILLE AREA AND NEAR BELLBROOK IN SOUTHWESTERN GREENE COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST ATf 15 MPH. HEAVY RAIN HAD CAUSED PONDING OF WATER ON MANY ROADWAYS IN THESE AREAS. MS
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 420 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL OHIO HAVE CAUSED LARGE HAIL AND WIND DAMAGE. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER MANY COUNTIES AND FLOODING PROBLEMS WILL ENDANGER PEOPLE IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS. JUST BEFORE 4 PM EDT ONE INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MARION...ALONG WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF TREES AND POLES DOWN. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY AND ALT ERNATELY INCREASING AND DECREASING IN INTENSITY. THIS SITUATION WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST SUNSET. PLEASE STAY CLOSE TO SHELTER AND AWAY FROM FLOOD PRONE AREAS THIS EVENING...AND STAYED TUNED TO NEWS SOURCES. SIMPSON
Special weather statement, May 30, 4:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 425 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT... A LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE MOVING TOWARD DARKE AND PREBLE COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AT 420 PM. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST OF LIMA EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NEAR INDIANAPOLIS. THE HEAVIEST $STORMS IN THIS LINE WERE TO THE WEST OF RICHMOND INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. MS
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:45 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNNATI, OH
540 PM EDT SAT MAY 30 1987
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...SOUTHWEST
OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN MUCH OF THE CINCINNAIT TRI-STATE
AREA. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED DURING THE AFTERNOON.
RADAR AT 530 PM EDT SHOWED SOME THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA
...IN SWITERLAND...OHIO AND RIPLEY COUNTY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
DOWNPOURS AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST
ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM AREA WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
GREATER CINCINNATI BETWEEN 6 AND 7 PM. SOME BRIEF FLOODING MAY
ACCOMPANY THE STORMS IN THE POORER DRAINAGE AREAS.
DILL
]The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 42 min |
| May 30, 3:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 78 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.