Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ottawa County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 180038 SVRTOL OHC123-180130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 838 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY AT 835 PM A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS IN NORTH-CENTRAL SANDUSKY COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH-CENTRAL OTTAWA COUNTY BY 845 PM. THIS STORM PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER AS IT MOVED THROUGH SANDUSKY COUNTY WITH TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 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. HUGHES
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, 6:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-180000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 605 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND PORTIONS OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AT 600 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ASHTABULA TO JUST WEST OF AKRON-CANTON AND TO NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN TRUMBULL AND MAHONING COUNTIES BY 630 PM. HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. < APFEL
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:29 PM EDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-180000-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
628 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO
UNTIL 7 PM THIS EVENING.
AT 625 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN THROUGH WILLIAMS COUNTY IN
NORTHWEST OHIO INTO NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL ENTER WESTERN FULTON
COUNTY BY 635 PM AND WESTERN HENRY COUNTY BY 650 PM. PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER AND BE
READY TO MOVE TO A SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
HUGHES
0Special weather statement, May 17, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PAZ001>003-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 633 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 640 PM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE THROUGH ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...SOUTH TO NEAR AKRON OHIO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHORTLY BEFORE 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WHILE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LAMBERT/PAONE/PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA...CORRECTED 650 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 PAZ001>003-180300- ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 640 PM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE THROUGH ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...SOUTH TO NEAR AKRON OHIO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHORTLY BEFORE 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WHILE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LAMBERT/PAONE/PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 17, 6:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
PAZ001>003-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 652 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 640 PM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL LAKE ERIE THROUGH ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...SOUTH TO NEAR AKRON OHIO. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL ENTER INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SHORTLY BEFORE 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WHILE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIAL. BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. LAMBERT/PAONE/PARRISH
Special weather statement, May 17, 7:46 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
PAZ001>003-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 740 PM EDT SUN MAY 17 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING FOR ALL OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 740 PM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EASTERN LAKE ERIE THROUGH CENTRAL AND EASTERN ERIE COUNTY...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF UNION CITY...CORRY AND NORTHEAST BETWEEN 750 AND 800 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH... ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER INDOORS... STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND AVOID USING THE TELEPHONE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO FLOODING ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS. LAMBERT/PAONE/PARRISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 22 min |
| May 17, 8:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 40 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.