Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 1992Summit County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 5:00 PM EDTHail 0.75Summit, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne55 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.