Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 5:42 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1992, 5:42 PM EDT (21:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 KCLE 172141 SVRCLE OHC103-172230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 542 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...MEDINA COUNTY AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHWEST MEDINA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WAS DEVELOPING TO THE SOUTH. THE STRONGEST PORTION OF THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH STRONGSVILLE AND BRUNSWICK AROUND 6 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SJN
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, 5 hours 8 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, 4 hours 11 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, 3 hours 53 minutes 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, 2 hours 51 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
Special weather statement, May 17, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PAZ001>003-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED COUNTY CONTENT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 420 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FROM 300 PM UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... ERIE...CRAWFORD...MERCER AND LAWRENCE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND/OR LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...BUT NOT A CERTAINTY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS ENJOYING THE CURRENT PLEASANT WEATHER SHOULD STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THE IMPENDING WEATHER. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONGS WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 KNOTS ALON'G WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. STAIRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 3:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 54 min |
| May 17, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 25 min |
| May 17, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 68 min |
| May 17, 7:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Lucas | 46 min |
| May 17, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 31 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.