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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 1992Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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
Aug 27, 1992, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1992, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 27, 4:30 PM EDTHail 1Hancock, 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 166 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 271949
SVRTOL
OHC063-272045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
349 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION......
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN
NORTH CENTRAL HARDIN COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY BY 4 PM.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
HUGHES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 4:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot51 min
Aug 27, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne57 min
Aug 27, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain68 min
Aug 27, 6:15 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.