Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.