Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Coshocton County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 241950 SVRCAK OHC031-242045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 349 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...COSHOCTON COUNTY RADAR AT 345 PM INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN COSHOCTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE PART OF THE STORM COMPLEX THAT PRODUCED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE OVER WAYNE AND HOLMES COUNTIES. TREES AND POWER LINES WERE REPORTED DOWN FROM THESE STORMS NEAR MILLERSBURG. STREET FLOODING HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...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. RLB
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, 1:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 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, 2 hours 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 55 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 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 6 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...
Special weather statement, Jul 24, 3:31 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZ002-003-242100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 330 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 325 PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM EXTREME NORTHEAST OHIO...ASHTABULA COUNTY THROUGH CLEVELAND TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF CLEVELAND. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS POSSIBLE IN THE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE EAST OF CLEVELAND BY 5 PM AND EAST OF PAINESVILLE AROUND 6 PM. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 PM OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN /.57/ FELL AT CLEVELANDS HOPKINS AIRPORT. WHILE DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS ALMOST 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL /1.74/ FELL JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND WITH OVER AN INCH AND A HALF /1.51/ IN MAYFIELD HEIGHTS...AN EASTERN SUBURB OF CLEVELAND AND OVER AN INCH /1.22/ IN CLEVELAND HEIGHTS. PEOPLE IN NORTHEAST OHIO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND PONDING OF WATER FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. KIELTYKA
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, 11:36 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 39 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, 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.