Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1987
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1987, 7:46 PM EDT for Union County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 19, 1987, 7:46 PM EDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1987, 8:50 PM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 83 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 3 hours 11 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, 2 hours 11 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...
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE - ELKINS, WV 620 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DUMP HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL..THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS..THE GREENBRIER VALLEY..THE POTOMAC HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PANHANDLE COUNTIES OF WEST VIRGINIA ALSO OVER GARRETT AND ALLEGANY COUNTIES IN MARYLAND... AT 615 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN AND EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA AND OVER WESTERN MARYLAND. THIS ACTIVITY WAS EAST OF LINE FROM NEAR MANNINGTON SOUTHEAST TO NEAR PICKENS THEN SOUTHWEST TO BLUEFIELD. MOVEMENT WAS GENERALLY EAST AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS LIVING IN OR TRAVELING THROUGH THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL IN AND NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO, PERSONS LIVING ALONG OR NEAR SMALL STREAMS OR POOR DRAINAGE AREAS..SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS AND MOVE TO PLACE OF SAFETY IF NECESSARY. SEVERAL REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED INDICATING THAT SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DUMPED AS MUCH AS ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES TO ONE HOUR IN A FEW AREAS. NO REPORTS FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.. BUT MINOR FLOODING IS A POSSIBILITY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL BROADCASTS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS IF CONDITIONS WARRANT. ALSO, IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED..PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. FERRELL
Special weather statement, May 19, 6:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HUNTINGTON WV. 635 PM EDT TUE MAY 19 1987 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TRI STATE REGION... AT 630 PM EDT SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER EASTERN KENTUCKY SOUTHERN OHIO AND WESTERN WEST VIRGINIA. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE THREAT OF ADDITIONA"L THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. YOUNG...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 7:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | RLX | Pendleton | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Fairfield | 57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.