Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 8, 1992, 11:09 PM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 1992, 11:09 PM EDT (03:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 8, 1992, 11:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wood County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 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
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 140 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 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 090309 SVRTOL OHC173-090345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1109 PM EDT THU OCT 8 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...WOOD COUNTY AT 1105 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY...NEAR WALBRIDGE OR ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF TOLEDO. AT 11 PM WEATHER SPOTTERS IN THE AREA REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 45 TO 50 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL ENTER WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTY BY 1125 PM. 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 CROSSING,S. HUGHES
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, Oct 8, 10:08 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ001-002-011-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1008 PM EDT THU OCT 8 1992 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1AM EDT. AT 1005 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT JACKSON MICHIGAN SOUTH ACROSS THE WESTERNMOST COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND THEY WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATED AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELH
Special weather statement, Oct 8, 11:01 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1102 PM EDT THU OCT 8 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR FULTON COUNTY EXPIRED AT 11PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING COUNTINUES FOR LUCAS COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1AM EDT. AT 11 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT ANN ARBOR MICHIGAN SOUTH ACROSS LUCAS...WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WAS EAST AROUND 30 MPH AND THEY WILL ENTER THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES AROUND 1130 PM EDT. THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY W(INDS AND HAIL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATED AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ELH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 10:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 50 min |
| Oct 8, 10:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 41 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.