Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 7:43 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 9, 1992, 7:43 PM EDT (23:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mahoning County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 KYNG 092345 SVRYNG OHC099-100030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 743 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...MAHONING COUNTY AT 740 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTHEAST OF SALEM. THIS STORM PRODUCED 3/4 INCH HAIL IN ALLIANCE. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THIS WILL AFFECT THE BOARDMAN AREA BY 755 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASION ALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. MITCHELL
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, 4:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 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, 2 hours 45 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, 2 hours 37 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
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:39 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PAZ001-002-100000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 630 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... ...INCLUDING ERIE..CRAWFORD AND VENANGO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM... AT 600 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CITY OF ERIE SOUTHWARD TO EDINBORO IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY. THESE ARE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERIE COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH ARE CAUSING FLOODING ALONG ROADWAYS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:12 PM EDT, 31 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 713 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 712 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 720 PM EDT THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF MCCOMB ...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY...AND NORTH BALTIMORE...13 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. BARNES
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 7:19 PM EDT, 24 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-100100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 719 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO RUMBLE OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 712 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. BY 720 PM EDT THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITY OF MCCOMB ...10 MILES NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY...AND NORTH BALTIMORE...13 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN...IN WOOD COUNTY. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING. BARNES (CORRECTED LOCATION)
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, 6:38 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 |
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.