Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 4:36 PM EDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Wayne, OH | |
| Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Wayne, OH | |
| Jul 30, 5:07 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Holmes, OH |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 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 KCAK 302037 SVRCAK OHC075-169-302145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 436 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 435 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOUDENVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD WAYNE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 30, 4:21 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZALL-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 421 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF OHIO... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT ACROSS MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. ONLY THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF THE STATE HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RECENT HEAVY RAINS ACROSS OHIO HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED...WITH MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. ADDITIONAL RAINS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISING WATER LEVELS. URBAN TYPE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCUR IN THE STORMS. AT 420 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO. THIS ACTIVITY FAVORED THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR APPROACH SMALL STREAMS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD. MANY FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN A PERSON ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD. KAPELA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 1:01 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 119 min |
| Jul 30, 1:39 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 103 min |
| Jul 30, 1:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 106 min |
| Jul 30, 3:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 69 min |
| Jul 30, 6:00 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 60 min |
| Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 6:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 7:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Jul 30, 7:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 55 min |
| Jul 30, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.