Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 178, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 6:38 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 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, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stark County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 6:54 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Stark, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 704 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 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 KCAK 092238 SVRCAK OHC151-092345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 638 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...STARK COUNTY AT 635 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOUISVILLE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. AT 630 PM A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED HAIL ALMOST THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS AT GEORGETOWN RD AND RT 44. 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. ALTO
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, 4:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 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, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 5 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)
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 455 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN OHIO THIS LATE AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 450 PM INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOUDEVNILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF MEDINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NIRTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS SYSTEM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE MANSFIELD AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE HIGHWAY PONDING OF WATER. MARTIN
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 455 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN OHIO THIS LATE AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 450 PM INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOUDEVNILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF MEDINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS SYSTEM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE MANSFIELD AREA. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE HIGHWAY PONDING OF WATER. MARTIN CORRECTED TYPO.
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
PAZ001-002-092300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 457 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 ...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO RIPLEY... ...NEW YORK UNTIL 630 PM EDT... ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 500 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORT BURWELL ONTARIO... SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE ERIE TO NEAR FAIRPORT HARBOR OHIO. AT 345 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 71 MILES AN HOUR AS THIS LINE PASSED THE LORAIN OHIO LIGHTHOUSE. THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND THE ADJACENT LAKESHORE AROUND 600 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY W INDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. SMALL BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR NOW. PARRISH/LAMBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 4:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 46 min |
| 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, 6:50 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.