Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 16, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT (22:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Coshocton County, OH, Holmes County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 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 KCAK 162230 SVRCAK OHC031-075-162330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 630 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COSHOCTON COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY RADAR AT 630 PM INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN KNOX COUNTY MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS OVER WESTERN OHIO EARLIER THIS EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY "LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. RLB
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, Jul 16, 3:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ001-161826- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 226 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDSTORMS LOCATED FROM BRAILEY IN SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY TO LEIPSIC IN PUTMAN COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING TOWNS IN LUCAS COUNTY... WHITEHOUSE...IN WOOD COUNTY...GRAND RAPIDS...WESTON...NORTH BALTIMORE IN HANCOCK COUNTY...MCCOMB...AND SHAWTOWN. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LOOK FOR SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINZS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE ...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ001-161908- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 309 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDSTORMS LOCATED FROM PERRYSBURG IN WOOD COUNTY TO NEAR MCCOMB IN HANCOCK COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD ENTER OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...AND SENECA COUNTIES AROUND 330 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LOOK FOR SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE ...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DIEFENDERFER
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 4:16 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ001-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 410 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDSTORMS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF HOLGATE IN HENRY COUNTY TO LIMA IN ALLEN COUNTY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED ON THE SANDUSKY-SENECA BORDER...8 MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LOOK FOR SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE ...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MWD
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 5:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ001-162010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 410 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 ...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON... AT 410 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDSTORMS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF HOLGATE IN HENRY COUNTY TO LIMA IN ALLEN COUNTY. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED ON THE SANDUSKY-SENECA BORDER...8 MILES NORTH OF FOSTORIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...LOOK FOR SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. STRONG WINDS...SMALL HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE ...AWAY FROM WINDOWS...UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. DIEFENDERFER
Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:11 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
610 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992
ADDITIONAL STORM REPORT FOR TUESDAY JULY 14, 1992
TIME EDT EVENT
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930 PM TREES BLOWN DOWN AT ERIE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE...ABOUT 2 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:19 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ004-007-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 619 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 THUNDERSTORMS PACKING HEAVY RAINS ANS STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WERE HEADING TOWARD EASTERN OHIO THIS EVENING. RADAR AT 615 PM INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG STORMS FROM 10 MILES WEST OF SANDUSKY SOUTH TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH HOLMES...COSHOCTON AND WAYNE COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 7PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF WINDS GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS. THOSE ALONG THEIR PATH SHOULD BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS IS POSSIBLE AND MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. RLB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 2 hr |
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.