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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 23, 1992Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1992, 7:45 AM EDT for Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1992, 7:45 AM EDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1992, 8:30 AM EDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 245 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1992-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
245 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 231158 COR
SVRTOL
OHC069-137-231230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
745 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      HENRY...PUTNAM

AT 742 AM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER HENRY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST
OHIO.  IT WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL EFFECT OTTAWA IN
PUTNAM COUNTY AND DESHLER...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NAPOLEON
IN HENRY COUNTY BY 815 AM EDT.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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 ROADWAYS QUICKLY...
AVOID DRIVING INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

 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, Jul 23, 5:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
OHZALL-241200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
530 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER SAYS THAT THERE IS A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THJUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF
OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:06 AM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PAZ002-231130
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
557 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

...HEAVY RAINS IN WARREN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 550 AM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING IN PORTIONS OF
WARREN COUNTY.  THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES
AN HOUR.

THIS RAIN MAY PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL
STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS.

MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
TODAY.  AFTER THE RECENT FLOODING IN WARREN COUNTY...PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE
ALERT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND RAPID WATER RISES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITONAL STATEMENTS.

SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:42 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
OHZ001-231115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
641 AM EDT THU JUL 23 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS MORNING...

AT 640 AM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS IN MICHIGAN JUST
NORTH OF THE FULTON COUNTY LINE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN WILLIAMS
AND DEFIANCE COUNTIES AND WERE A PART OF A LARGER AREA OF RAIN OVER
SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...NORTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHWEST OHIO.

THE MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS TO THE EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE STORMS OVER THE TOWNS OF LYONS...SEWARD...
...WHITEVILL...AND METAMORA IN FULTON COUNTY AND RIDGEVILLE CORNERS
AND NAPOLEON IN HENRY COUNTY BY 715 AM.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY TRACKED
EAST OVER SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. HOWEVER DEADLY LIGHTNING AND HEAVY
RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT
FUSE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY...
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

MWD

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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.