Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1992, 12:36 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 30, 1992, 12:36 PM EDT (16:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 30, 1992, 1:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 229 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 301636 SVRCLE OHC103-301730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1236 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...MEDINA COUNTY AT 1230 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD MEDINA COUNTY FROM ASHLAND COUNTY AND CUYAHOGA COUNTY. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A THREAT TO MEDINA COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DnEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. JJK
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 30, 9:35 AM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before
OHZ002-003--301535- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 935 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE DEVELOPING QUICKLY OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS MORNING. AT 935 THIS MORNING CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ON A LINE FROM LONG POINT ONTARIO ON THE NORTHERN SHORE OF LAKE ERIE TO NORWALK TO LIMA. THE STORMS AND SHOWERS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THE THUN0DERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUST AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO LAKESHORE DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 10:25 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ002-003--301625- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1025 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE LATE THIS MORNING. AT 1025 CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM LAKE ERIE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ASHTABULA THEN INLAND TO JUST EAST OF MILAN TO SOUTHWEST OF WILLARD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE 5 MILES EAST OF MILAN AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WILLARD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD THEY CAN PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTHERNz OHIO AND THE OHIO LAKESHORE DURING THE REST OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 11:25 AM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PAZ001-301620- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1113 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... AT 1120 AM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST SOUTH OF PORT BURWELL CANADA TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LONG POINTCANADA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE THEY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. THE GUSTY WINDS THAT ARE BLOWING ACROSS ACROSS LAKE ERIE ARE PRODUCING WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE LAKE SHORE AND 6 TO 8 FErET OFFSHORE. IT WOULD BE BEST IF SMALL BOAT OPERATERS STAYED IN HARBOR TODAY.
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 11:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
OHZ002-003-301727- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1125 AM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND LAKE ERIE THROUGH THE MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO THE AFTERNOON. AT 1125 CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS FROM LAKE ERIE ABOUT 25 MILES NORTH OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA INLAND TO 25 EAST OF LIMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF LORAIN TO SANDUSKY TO FREMONT. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN SANDUSKY COUNTY AT GIBSONBURG ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS JUST BEFORE 11 O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS OVERHEAD THEY CAN PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND PUT DOWN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 30, 12:26 PM EDT, 10 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-301800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1226 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7PM EDT. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO: HANCOCK...OTTAWA...PUTNAM... SANDUSKY...SENECA AND WYANDOT UNTIL 7PM EDT. AT 1225 PM EDT NO WEATHER OF ANY KIND WAS OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. NATIONAL WETAHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OHIO SOUTHWEST ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AREAS ALSO COVERED IN THE WATCH. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON A COLD FRONT WAS SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. BEHIND THE FRONT THERE WAS DRIER AIR AND NO PRECIPITATION. ALTHOUGH IT NOW APPEARS UNLIKELY THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST OHIO...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR THE ABOVE MENTIONED COUNTIES UNTIL FRURTHER NOTICE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. ELH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 54 min |
| Aug 30, 12:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga | 51 min |
| Aug 30, 12:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 12:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 63 min |
| Aug 30, 1:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 63 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.