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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 136, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 1992Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1992, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 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 00:00Z on 1992-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.1

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The text

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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

Local storm report, Aug 3, 9:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
920 PM EDT MON AUG 03 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY AUGUST 03, 1992

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
2005 EDT     CRAWFORD COUNTY...FIRE CONTROL REPORTS LARGE TREES DOWNED
             ALONG ROUTE 8...5 MILES NORTHWEST OF TITUSVILLE.

END/WSO ERI
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 9:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ002-011-040330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
951 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF MANSFIELD THIS EVENING.

AT 945 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE EXTENDING THROUGH CLEVELAND
TO NORWALK TO NEAR THE MANSFIELD AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEAR SHELBY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MANFIELD IN RICHLAND
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY
BETWEEN 9 PM AND 10 PM AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF ASHLAND.
AT 935 PM THE SHELBY POLICE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN...
GUSTY WINDS AND SMAL&L HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ARE LIKELY.

KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
OHZ002-011-040330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
959 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTH OF MANSFIELD THIS EVENING.

AT 945 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE EXTENDING THROUGH CLEVELAND
TO NORWALK TO NEAR THE MANSFIELD AREA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM
WAS NEAR SHELBY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MANFIELD IN RICHLAND
COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY
BETWEEN 10 PM AND 11 PM AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF ASHLAND.
AT 935 PM THE SHELBY POLICE REPORTED HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAIN...
GU4STY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ARE LIKELY.
KIELTYKA
CORRECTED TIMES FIRST SENTENCE...LAST PARAGRAPH.
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ004-007-040400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1040 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

WEATHER RADAR AT THE AKRON CANTON AIRPORT AT 1035 PM EDT INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS ACCOMPANIED BY HEAVY RAIN FROM SWOTHWEST RICHLAND COUNTY
THROUGH CENTRAL ASHLAND COUNTY INTO CENTRAL WAYNE COUNTY. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. THE COMBINATION
OF HEAVY RAIN AND SLOW MOVEMENT COULD CAUSE HIGHWAY AND STREET FLOODING
IN WAYNE COUNTY UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT.

MARTIN
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:01 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ002-011-040430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1100 PM EDT MON AUG 3 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE OVER THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
OF OHIO TONIGHT.

AT 1055 PM RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN SOUTH OF
THE CITY ASHLAND AND EAST OF ASHLAND ON THE ASHLAND AND WAYNE COUNTY
LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM SOUTH OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 1145 xPM EDT.

THE ASHLAND POLICE AT 1030 PM REPORTED THAT WATER WAS PONDING
ON A FEW ROADS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN HAVE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY
WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY.

KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 11:39 PM EDT, 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 11:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Wayne3 hr
Aug 4, 9:07 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage68 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.