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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 186, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 8, 1992Wood County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-10-09Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 140 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 8, 10:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton50 min
Oct 8, 10:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas41 min

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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.