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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 191, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 22, 1992Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 8:53 PM EST for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 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
Nov 22, 1992, 8:53 PM EST (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 1992, 9:45 PM EST
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 22, 9:00 PM ESTHail 0.75Sandusky, 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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 1992-11-23Temperature 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 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 596 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
596 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
984 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 230153
SVRTOL
OHC143-230300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
853 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...SANDUSKY COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTH CENTRAL SANDUSKY COUNTY...ABOUT 7 MILES SOOUTH OF FREMONT. THE
STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO
10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FREMONT BY 915 PM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.
 
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 CROSSINGS.
 
 
 
MURPHY

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, Nov 22, 7:23 PM EST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-230130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
721 PM EST SUN NOV 23 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE CENTRAL
HIGHLAND AND CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM...NAMELY...
PUTNAM...HANCOCK...WYANDOT...AND SENECA COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN
EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT.

AT 720 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM
WILLIAMS COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO TO PUTNAM COUNTY. AT 705 PM
A WEATHER OBSERVER IN BRYAN IN SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS COUNTY REPORTED
PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 815 PM THE
STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY TO NEAR FINDLAY OHIO.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA AND THE FLOOD WATCH AREA
MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE SERIOUS WEATHER AND MOVE TO SAFETY IF

THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MURPHY

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron51 min
Nov 22, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie3 hr
Nov 22, 10:34 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina3 hr

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.