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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 30, 1992Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 30, 1992, 12:57 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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 30, 1992, 12:57 PM EDT (16:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 30, 1992, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 30, 1:30 PM EDTHail 1.75Portage, 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 301658
SVRCAK
OHC133-153-301800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1257 PM EDT SUN AUG 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY
 
AT 1255 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
BARBERTON MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
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.
THOMPSON

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 22 minutes 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 32 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 32 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 30 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, 31 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 30, 11:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain54 min
Aug 30, 12:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga51 min
Aug 30, 12:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne49 min
Aug 30, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina54 min
Aug 30, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull63 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.