Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 171, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 4:44 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 46 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
- Sep 9, 1992, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:48 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Wood, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 1678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 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 KTOL 092045 SVRTOL OHC173-092130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 444 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...WOOD COUNTY AT 443 PM EDT WOOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL NEAR HOYTVILLE...ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BOWLING GREEN. IT WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. IT SHOULD PASS NEAR BOWLING GREEN AROUND 5PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. ELH
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, Sep 9, 1:44 PM EDT, 3 hours before
OHZ001-002-011-091900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 145 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 145 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING SOUTHWEST LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS ARE...WHITEHOUSE... 15 MILES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF TOLEDO IN LUCAS COUNTY...AND METROPOLITAN TOLEDO. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. REMEMBER...WHEN DRIVING A CAR BEWARE OF WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. BARNES
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 3:49 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
OHZ002-003-092030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 348 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS ARE ON THE MOVE THROUGH THE LAKESHORE... AT 335 CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TRAVELING THROUGH THE LAKESHORE REGION OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS IN NORTH CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT THE LORAIN LIGHTHOUSE WINDS GUSTED TO 46 MILES AN HOUR AT 335 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO DELIVER STRONG GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MILES AN HOUR AND INTENSE RAINFALL WHICH MAY CREATE PONDING OF WATER IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE REGION BY 5 PM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS REGARDING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. FENNER
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:13 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 414 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PUTNAM...WOOD...HENRY...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HANCOCK COUNTY... AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF FINDLAY BY 500 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DRIVERS SHOULD BEWARE OF WATER PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS. BARNES 0
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:20 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZALL-092130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 418 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY... LIMA...AND TOLEDO. THE WESTERN END OF LAKE ERIE IS ALSO INCLUDED FROM THE ISLANDS WEST. AT 415 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROAMING THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL PARTS OF OHIO...INCLUDING THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER LAKE ERIE JUST NORTH OF THE LORAIN AND CLEVELAND AREA. AT 345 PM EDT A WIND GUST OF 71 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE LORAIN LIGHTHOUSE. OTHERWISE ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE ERIE WATERS BETWEEN SANDUSKY AND FAIRPORT HARBOR UNTIL 530 PM EDT. SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING AND MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO THROUGH 1000 PM EDT. TORNADOES CAN QUICKLY FORM AS THE THUNDERSTORMS UNDERGO EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH YOU. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD DUE TO HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 11 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 433 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER PUTNAM...WOOD...HENRY...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HANCOCK COUNTY... AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF FINDLAY BY 500 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DRIVERS SHOULD BEWARE OF WATER PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS. rBARNES (CORRECTED FOR TURN-ON CODE)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 5:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 53 min |
| Sep 9, 5:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 47 min |
| Sep 9, 5:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 46 min |
| Sep 9, 6:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 6:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 67 min |
| Sep 9, 6:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 55 min |
| Sep 9, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 7:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 32 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.