Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 4:28 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
- Jun 14, 1992, 4:28 PM EDT (20:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Summit, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1430 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 KCAK 142028 SVRCAK OHC153-142130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 428 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SUMMIT COUNTY HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN CUYAHOGA FALLS BY NEWS MEDIA. RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSIN-ESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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, Jun 14, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-142030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 317 PM EDT SUN MAY 14 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS OVER SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 250 PM SENECA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT AT 235 PM A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL OCCURRED THREE MILES SOUTH OF TIFFIN. THE SHERIFF ALSO REPORTED A 40 MILE AN HOUR WIND GUST AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. AT 315 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU LIVE IN SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTY REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. BARNES
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PAZ002-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 304 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 300 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR I-79 IN NORTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY WEST OF CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS PART AN AREA OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STREACHING FROM THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANNIA NEAR BRADFORD WESTWARD THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY INTO NORTHEAST OHIO. THIS STORM WAS DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY TOWARDS THE EAST AND WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:29 PM EDT, 59 minutes before
OHZ002-003-011-142135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 330 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 300 THIS AFTERNOON CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO WELLINGTON...IN SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...TO LIMA. THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE IN SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTY...NEAR RAVENNA... NEAR LIMA...IN SOUTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY AND IN MORROW COUNTY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WERE ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE STATE. NO RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST LAKESHORE COUNTIES TONIGHT BUT THE RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REST OF OHIO...GRADUALLY DIMINISHING AS THE FRONT MOVES SOUTH. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER STORMS AND SHOWERS. DEM
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 3:54 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZ002-011-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 355 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 345 PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTH OF FINDLAY...THROUGH BUCYRUS...THROUGH MEDINA TO NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT LESS THAN 10 MPH. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN STREETSBORO...NORTHEAST OF AKRON LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN HAVE HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS IS LIKELY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET. PEOPLE SOUTH OF A NORWALK TO CLEVELAND LINE MAY HAVE HEAVY RAIN AND SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:16 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
PAZ002-003-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 409 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 405 PM RADAR SHOWED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM BRADFORD IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND THEN ON INTO NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WHERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOODING zALONG ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PARRISH/PAONE
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:23 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
PAZ002-003-004-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 409 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 405 PM RADAR SHOWED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THIS LINE EXTENDS FROM BRADFORD IN THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND THEN ON INTO NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WHERE OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAUSING SOME FLOOD=ING ALONG ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. PARRISH/PAONE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 55 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.