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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 1992Lorain County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
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

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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

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 5:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWashington3 hr
Jul 24, 7:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEBelmont, Guernsey3 hr
Jul 24, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga54 min
Jul 24, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne65 min
Jul 24, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas69 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton56 min
Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage65 min
Jul 24, 4:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage27 min
Jul 24, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning62 min
Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage114 min

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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.