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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 10, 1992Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 10, 1992, 11:24 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 10, 1992, 11:24 PM EDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Erie County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 1992-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2855 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
2855 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.1
Supercell composite
-0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 110326
SVRCLE
OHC043-110430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1124 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
AT 1125 PM RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE ISLANDS
SOUTHWEST TO EAST OF FINDLAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS ERIE COUNTY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODINGB OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
FMK

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, Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ004-110030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
718 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY.

AT 705 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF
BRACEVILLE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WARREN. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS A VERY SLOW 10 TO 15 MPH TO THE EAST.  THIS STORM
COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALLY PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS.  THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF WARREN AND CHAMPION
BY AROUND 800 PM.

THE ATMOSPHERE IS CURRENTLY VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD
DEVELOP RAPIDLY.

NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO STANDING WATER. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS
TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF POSSIBLE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR
LOCAL LAW INFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ONTO THE NATONAL

WEATHER SERVICE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR
FURTHER UPDATES.

SITES
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZ001-110300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
944 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 940 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST
FULTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 1015 PM THE STORMS WILL EXTEND
FROM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING
GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.

MURPHY
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ004-110230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1005 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO AND
MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

AT 10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN GEAUGA COUNTY.
THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE
STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER TRUMBULL
COUNTY BY 1030 PM EDT. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WARREN
AND NILES.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OCCASSIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE

INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO THE LOCAL
MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

KUBINA
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:42 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-110345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1042 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 1040 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN TO NEAR OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS
ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO...THEY ARE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 1130 PM THE STORMS
WILL EXTEND FROM PORT CLINTON IN OTTAWA COUNTY TO 10 MILES EAST OF
FINDLAY.

SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ALSO...DO NOT DRIVE
THROUGH ARE\AS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

MURPHY
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:48 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PAZ001>004-110400-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1040 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992

...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE
   EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME WESTERN NEW YORK...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE AT 1040 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE IN INTENSITY...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT
15 MILES NORTH OF FAIRPORT HARBOR OHIO...EAST NORTHEAST TO THE NEW YORK
LAKESHORE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF DUNKIRK AND ANGOLA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
EXTEND FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH NIAGARA FALLS...AND BUFFALO TO NEAR
ROCHESTER NEW YORK.

OTHER THUDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM JUST WEST OF BRADFORD SOUTH TO DUBOIS...
AND THEN WEST NEAR INTERSTATE 80 TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO.  RADAR ALSO SHOWED STRONG
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF CLEVELAND OHIO AND ALONG THE NORTH
SHORE OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1115 AND 1130 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES
AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.

LAMBERT/PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:15 PM EDT, 9 minutes before
OHZ004-007-110400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
1114 PM EDT MON AUG 11 1992

AT 1110 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY.

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF AURORA AND MOVING EAST
AT 25 MPH.

THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT
AND PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE STANDING WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

PEOPLE IN PORTAGE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WITH THE
APPROACH OF THIS STORM.

THOMPSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 10, 9:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga45 min
Aug 10, 9:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga3 hr
Aug 10, 10:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga40 min
Aug 10, 11:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake62 min
Aug 11, 12:02 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage58 min
Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull66 min
Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull66 min
Aug 11, 12:10 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 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.