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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 14, 1992Lucas County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 14, 7:43 PM EDTHail 1.25Lucas, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1992-10-14Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1992-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 477 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
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

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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

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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.