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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 1992Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1992, 2:55 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1992, 2:55 PM EDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1992, 4:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 840 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
840 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
585 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 12:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
OHZALL-241900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
145 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO
UNTIL 8 PM...AND A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 8 PM.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER OHIO AT 140 PM. THE STORMS
WERE SLOWLY MOVING EAST. STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE BUCKEYE
STATE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO
PRODUCE DRENCHING RAINS. IN THE EXTREME SOUTH THERE IS A ALSO A CHANCE
OF DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. OHIOANS SHOULD PAY EXTRA ATTENTION TO
THE WEATHER TODAY TO SEE IF A THREAT IS DEVELOPING.

KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
OHZ004-241845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO THIS MORNING.

AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
DURING EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL IF A STORM PASSES.

KINSELLA
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 1:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ004-241845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
147 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 130 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING
DURING EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL IF A STORM PASSES.

KINSELLA

...CORRECTED WORD IN FIRST PARAGRAGH...
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:40 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ004-241940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WAYNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. AREAS PRONE TOH FLOODING
DURING EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL IF A STORM PASSES.

PERSONS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF RAPIDLY RISING SMALL STREAMS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.

KINSELLA
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 2:43 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ004-241940-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
240 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER WAYNE COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE PONDING
OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. AREAS PRONLE TO FLOODING
DURING EXCESSIVE RAINS WILL FLOOD IF A STORM PASSES.

PERSONS SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS OF RAPIDLY RISING SMALL STREAMS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING OCCURS.

KINSELLA
...ADDED MISSING WORD IN THIRD PARAGRAGH...

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, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain39 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
Jul 24, 6:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence67 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.