Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 4:49 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 34 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1992, 4:49 PM EDT (20:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1992, 5:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 292 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1219 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 022049 SVRCLE OHC093-022145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 449 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN LORAIN COUNTY AT 445 PM EDT. COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS REPORTED WINDS GUSTING TO ABOUT 45 MPH FROPM THAT STORM. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 45 MPH AND IT WILL MOVE THROUGH ELYRIA BEFORE 530 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEfEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
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, May 2, 2:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OHZALL-022100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 240 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 10PM... SOME OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE AKRON... CLEVELAND ...YOUNGSTOWN...DAYTON...TOLEDO...MANSFIELD...ZANESVILLE... AND COLUMBUS. AT MID AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT WAS APPROACHING OHIO. UNSEASONABLY WARM MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT HAS MADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO OHIO...THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE IN THE WATCH AREA. AT 230 PM RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. THERE WAS ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AREA TO FINDLEY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 56 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. =IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND THE LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. FENNER
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
OHZALL-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 345 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 10PM... SOME OF THE MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE AKRON...CLEVELAND ...YOUNGSTOWN...DAYTON...TOLEDO...MANSFIELD...ZANESVILLE...AND COLUMBUS. AT 340 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO AND OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND LAKE ERIE. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED IN A THIN BAND OVER NORTHWEST OHIO FROM JUST SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO...SOUTHWEST THROUGH FINDLAY TO NEAR LIMA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 40 MPH. THE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO APPEARS TO BE THE AREA OF CONCERN FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING. THIS MOVEMENT WILL BRING THE LINE OF STORMS TO ROUGHLY A CLEVELAND...MANSFIELD TO COLUMBUS LINE AROUND 5 PM AND INTO EASTERN OHIO IN THE 530 PM TO 700 PM TIME FRAME. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED YET...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 56 MPH AND HAIL THREE-QUARTERS OF INCH OR GREATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. GABRIC
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:13 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-022115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 412 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 410 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SANDUSKY TO TIFFIN TO NEAR LIMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SENECA COUNTY NEAR TIFFIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WYANDOT COUNTY BY 430 PM. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 410 PM... THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY Y!OUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MURPHY
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:22 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ011-006-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 420 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD...RICHLAND... MORROW...KNOX AND ASHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT. TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 415 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE FIRST LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLEVELAND...SOUTH TO MANSFIELD AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO MT GILEAD. THE SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRONGER AND WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM HURON SOUTH TO UPPER SANDUSKY AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE MANSFIELD AREA AROUND 5 PM EDT. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING; WEATHER CONDITIONS. BRILLHART
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:46 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
PAZ001-02-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 440 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CONNEAUT OHIO TO SANDUSKY OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE AND CONTAIN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WESTERN OHIO IS PRODUCING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STAYED TO TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING. TJP/NS/JRH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 45 min |
| May 2, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 36 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.