Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1987, 5:53 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1987, 5:53 PM EDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1987, 6:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fairfield 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 359 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 KCMH 192152 RRA SVRCMH OHC045-192250- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 553 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 650 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF CENTRAL OHIO... FAIRFIELD AT 545 PM EDT FAIRFIELD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WIND DAMAGE AND HAIL OCCURRING IN THAT COUNTY. COLUMBUS WEATHER RADAR ALSO SHOWED A STRONGC THUNDERSTORM IN THAT AREA...THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER FROM THIS STORM. SIMPSON
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 19, 4:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 435 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO... AT 430 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 10 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN JACKSON AND OAK HILL IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY OHIO. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF GALLIA COUNTY BY 515 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS KNOWN TO HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG...
Special weather statement, May 19, 5:35 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 535 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER WESTERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO... AT 530 PM EDT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH THROUGH SOUTHERN OHIO. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WAYNE NATIONAL FOREST ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN OAK HILL IN SOUTHERN JACKSON COUNTY AND CROWN CITY IN SOUTHEASTERN GALLIA COUNTY OHIO. THE HEAVY THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE INTO THE CROWN CITY AREA BY 600 PM EDT. THIS STORM IS KNOWN TO HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST OHIO THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. YOUNG...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Union | 64 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.