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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 20, 1992Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 20, 1992, 8:43 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 1992, 8:43 PM EDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lucas County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-04-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 96 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
96 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 210044
SVRTOL
OHC095-210130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
843 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE INTO
DOWNTOWN TOLEDO BY 9 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERUSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
CB

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, Apr 20, 8:24 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-210130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
817 PM EDT MON APR 20 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 815 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM NEAR HILLSDALE MICHIGAN SOUTH ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO TO
NEAR LIMA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN FULTON COUNTY NEAR WAUSEON...15 MILES
WEST OF TOLEDO AND IN WOOD COUNTY NEAR NORTH BALTIMORE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND WIND
GUSTS TO 45 MPH. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 30 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS TAKE SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION.

CB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 8:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood50 min

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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.