Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 1992, 7:25 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 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
- Oct 14, 1992, 7:25 PM EDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 14, 7:43 PM EDT | Hail 1.25 | Lucas, 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 477 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 588 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 142325 SVRTOL OHC095-150015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 PM EDT WED OCT 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AT 723 PM EDT A CITIZEN REPORTED 1-INCH HAIL IN A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SYLVANIA TOWNSHIP. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF TOLEDO BY 8PM EDT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR Y<OUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 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, Oct 14, 7:06 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
OHZ001-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 705 PM EDT WED OCT 14 1992 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO-MICHIGAN LINE. AT 7PM EDT WEATHER SERVCIE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST FULTON COUNTY. AT 658 PM FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PLENTY OF SMALL HAIL...SIX INCHES DEEP IN SPOTS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST FULTON COUNTY AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY INCLUDING BERKEY...SYLVANIA AND NORTH TOLEDO BY 8PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER. IF YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE DANGEROUS TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ELH MURPHY
Special weather statement, Oct 14, 7:13 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ001-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 705 PM EDT WED OCT 14 1992 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE OHIO-MICHIGAN LINE. AT 7PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHEAST FULTON COUNTY. AT 658 PM FULTON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PLENTY OF SMALL HAIL...SIX INCHES DEEP IN SPOTS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MPH AND WILL AFFECT NORTHEAST FULTON COUNTY AS WELL AS EXTREME NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY INCLUDING BERKEY...SYLVANIA AND NORTH TOLEDO BY 8PM EDT. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE SEEK SHELTER. IF YOU ARE IN YOUR CAR PULL ONTO THE SHOULDER AS VERY HEAVY RAINS AND S MALL HAIL CAN BE DANGEROUS TO ATTEMPT TO DRIVE IN. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. ELH (CORRECTED TYPO FIRST LINE OF TEXT) MURPHY
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.