Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 5:01 PM EDT for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 5:38 PM EDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 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 KTOL 162102 SVRTOL OHC137-162145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 501 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 5PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR LEIPSIC...ABOUT 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF OTTAWA OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE STORM WILL ENTER NORTHWEST HANCOCK COUNTY BY 515 PM EDT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED HAIL WITH THIS STORM. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRIN7G...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. ELH
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, Apr 16, 3:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 329 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO... INCLUDING THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES...UNTIL 9PM EDT. AT 310 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NEWLY-DEVELOPED LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT SAGINAW MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF JACKSON AND ACROSS WILLIAMS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO TO TEN MILES NORTHWEST OF FORT WAYNE. THE LINE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOSTLY OVER SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER FULTON AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO BY 330 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND WARNINGS. ELH (CORRECTED FOR NEW TRANSMISSION TIME)
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZALL-162100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 335 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OHIO AND THE WESTERN HALF OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 9 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CLEVELAND...TOLEDO...MANSFIELD... ...FINDLAY...DAYTON...AND CINCINNATI. AT 330 PM EDT WIDELY SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OHIO. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM AT 330 PM EDT WAS LOCATED OVER THE NEARSHORE OF LAKE ERIE JUST NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WILL KEEP IT JUST OFF THE SHORELINE BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND FAIRPORT HARBOR THROUGH 430 PM. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR IN THIS NEARSHORE AREA. OTHER THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS AT 330 PM WERE LOCATED AROUND MANSFIELD... AND 30 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO. ONLY RAINSHOWERS WERE FOUND AROUND CINCINNATI. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF OHIO. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CONCENTRATED OVER THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OHIO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF TgHREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:24 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
PAZ001-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 418 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARDS THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... AT 415 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF LAKE ERIE. ONE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF ASHTABULA OHIO... THE OTHER JUST WEST OF GENEVA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO ERIE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS BETWEEN 430 AND 5 PM EDT. HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SMALL BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:33 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ004-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 433 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 430 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST OF NEWTON FALLS IN WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WARREN BY 445 PM. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH RAVENNA. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:35 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
OHZALL-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 435 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST HALF OF OHIO AND THE WESTERN HALF OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 9 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE CLEVELAND...TOLEDO...MANSFIELD... ...FINDLAY...DAYTON...AND CINCINNATI. RADAR SHOWED AN ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN AKRON NEAR RAVENNA AT 430 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS AT KENT AT 415 PM EDT. SHOULD THIS STORM HOLD TOGETHER IT WILL REACH THE AREA JUST WEST OF WARREN BY 530 PM. ANOTHER ISOLATED SMALL CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS FOUND OVER WESTERN ASHTABULA COUNTY NEAR GENEVA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AT 40 MPH THROUGH ASHTABULA COUNTY BY 530 PM EDT. AT 430 PM A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED FROM DETROIT TO TOLEDO TO 60 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO NEAR PAULDING. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND BY 530 PM SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF SANDUSKY TO FINDLAY TO LIMA. PUBLIC AND POLICE WEATHER REPORTS INDICATED THAT PEA SIZE HAIL...WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH...AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WERE BEING GENERATED. OTHER SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND 40 TO 70 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER AT 430 PM. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER MOST OF OHIO. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS CONCENTRATED IN OR NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 4:46 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 345 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO... INCLUDING THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES...UNTIL 9PM EDT. AT 435 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE ST. CLAIR SOUTHWEST ACROSS WESTERN LAKE ERIE... OTTAWA...LUCAS...WOOD...HENRY...PUTNAM AND PAULDING COUNTIES TO FORT WAYNE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE INTENSITY HAS INCREASED LITTLE IN THE LAST HOUR AND SO FAR NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER WOOD COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL ENTER HANCOCK...SANDUSKY AND SENECA COUNTIES BETWEEN 5PM AND 530 PM EDT. BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHTNING ...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 44 min |
| Apr 16, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.