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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 130, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 30, 1992Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDTTornado F0Wayne, OH
Jul 30, 5:00 PM EDTHail 1Wayne, OH
Jul 30, 5:07 PM EDTHail 1Holmes, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 47 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 1:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain119 min
Jul 30, 1:39 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga103 min
Jul 30, 1:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Summit106 min
Jul 30, 3:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain3 hr
Jul 30, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit56 min
Jul 30, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne69 min
Jul 30, 6:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne3 hr
Jul 30, 6:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage3 hr
Jul 30, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark51 min
Jul 30, 7:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage58 min
Jul 30, 7:26 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull64 min
Jul 30, 7:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMahoning55 min
Jul 30, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana64 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.