Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1992, 11:36 AM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1992, 11:36 AM EDT (15:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 12:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 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 KCLE 241533 SVRCLE OHC035-093-241630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1136 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 1130 AM WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED A POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF AVON POINT. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE A THREAT TO EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY AND MOST OF CUYAHOGA COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST 1230 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. JJK
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 24, 6:18 AM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ002-003-241115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 615 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE... AT 610 CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING INTO SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY AND SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER ON THEIR COURSE AND SPEED THEY WILL REACH THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA BY 730 THIS MORNING...AND WILL BE IN THE EAST LAKESHORE BY 830 AM. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVLOP PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE ELEMENTS IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS REGARING THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 6:27 AM EDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ004-007-241130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 625 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WAS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST OHIO THIS MORNING. AT 620 AM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF WOOSTER NORTH TO NEAR MEDINA. THIS AREA WILL MOVE ACROSS WAYNE COUNTY AND REACH A LINE FROM NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH AKRON TO CANTON BETWEEN 7 AND 730 AM. BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAINS...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE STORMS PASS OVER. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE EXPERIENCED. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 7:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
OHZ002-003-241215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 705 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE LAKESHORE REGION THIS MORNING... AT 700 CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM OBERLIN TO MEDINA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM WAS JUST SOUTHEAST OF GRAFTON IN LORAIN COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IF THE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER ON THEIR COURSE AND SPEED THEY WILL REACH THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA BY 730 THIS MORNING...AND WILL BE IN THE EAST LAKESHORE BY 830 AM. SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THE ELEMENTS IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FENNER
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 9:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-241600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 915 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 WEATHER RADAR AT 900 AM SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TRUMBULL...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO LAWRENCE COUNTY...PENNSYLVANIA BY 1000 AM. THE THE SOUTHEAST MOVEMENT OF THIS AREA WILL CAUSE THE BULK OF THE HEAVIER RAIN TO MISS MERCER COUNTY...PENNSYLVANIA. THE MAIN EFFECT OF THESE STORMS WILL BE TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ...LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THESE STORMS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND AREAS OF STREET FLOODING. PERSONS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. NICK
Local storm report, Jul 24, 10:37 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1036 AM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992
TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 0800
TYPE OF EVENT.. URBAN FLOODING
LOCATION OF EVENT.. RICH STREET IN BELPRE (SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY)
OR TOWN
INJURIES.. 0
DEATHS.. 0 8
RLB
{The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Washington | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:04 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Belmont, Guernsey | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 54 min |
| Jul 24, 2:55 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Tuscarawas | 69 min |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 56 min |
| Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 65 min |
| Jul 24, 4:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 62 min |
| Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage | 114 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.