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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 17, 1992Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 3:50 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 1992, 3:50 PM EDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 1992-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
203 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-105 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 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 172003 COR
SVRTOL
OHC123-143-172015-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
402 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 415 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...ADJOINING WATERS OF LAKE ERIE

AT 350 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN SANDUSKY COUNTY ABOUT FIVE MILES
NORTHEAST OF FREMONT.  THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND
WILL CROSS INTO OTTAWA COUNTY...AFFECTING PORT CLINTON AND THE
ISLANDS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM& THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

 ELH (CORRECTED SPELLING ERRORS)

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, May 17, 12:34 PM EDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
OHZALL-171800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1234 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO UNTIL 7 PM.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...LIMA AND DAYTON.

A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

STAY INFORMED BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR
TELEVISION CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZ001-002-172000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
130 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 7PM
EDT.

AT 125 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A NARROW BAND OF SHOWERS
AND SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ABOUT TOLEDO SOUTHWEST ALONG THE
MAUMEE RIVER AND ACROSS SOUTHEAST HENRY AND NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTIES OF
NORTHWEST OHIO.  THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  BY 2PM
THE BAND WILL EXTEND FROM EXTREME WESTERN LAKE ERIE SOUTHWEST TO BOWLING
GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY TO OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM ABOUT GRAND RAPIDS
MICHIGAN TO SOUTH BEND INDIANA.  THIS LINE WAS PROGRESSING SLOWLY
SOUTHEAST AND WILL EFFECT NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
THIS EVENING.  AS OF 130 PM THERE HAS BEEN NO SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVITY IN
NORTHWEST OHIO.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE IN AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMH...GO INDOORS
AND WAIT FOR THE WEATHER TO PASS.  STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

ELH
Special weather statement, May 17, 1:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
OHZALL-171900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
148 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 7 PM.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...DAYTON...AND
LIMA.

AT 145 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS IN
NORTHWESTERN OHIO DEVELOPING ON A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO VAN WERT. OTHER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN NORTHERN INDIANA. ALL THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.

A THUNDERSTORM IN NORTH-CENTRAL INDIANA PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 63 MPH
AROUND 1215 PM EDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE WATCH AREA.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
SHOULD A WARNING BE ISSUED OR IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS NEAR YOU.
STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION...OR TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER
UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION.

PARTAIN
Special weather statement, May 17, 2:51 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZALL-172000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
250 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL
OHIO UNTIL 7 PM...AND FOR NORTH CENTRAL...NORTHEAST...CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 10 PM.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO... FINDLAY... DAYTON...
COLUMBUS... ZANESVILLE... MANSFIELD... CLEVELAND... YOUNGSTOWN... AND
AKRON CANTON.

AT 245 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THE LINE STRETCHED FROM NEAR CEDAR
POINT TO THE INDIANA BORDER WEST OF DAYTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING BETWEEN DAYTON AND COLUMBUS.

PEA SIZE HAIL... WIND GUSTS TO 43 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED
JUST EAST OF OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY AT 240 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING... AND WIND
GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION
AND STATEMENTS.

SJN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 3:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton54 min
May 17, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain32 min
May 17, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga68 min
May 17, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina48 min
May 17, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Lucas46 min
May 17, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood31 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.