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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 1992Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 5:35 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 142135
SVRCAK
OHC169-142230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
535 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
RADAR AT AKRON CANTON SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WAYNE
COUNTY NORTHEAST OF WOOSTER. TORRENTIAL RAIN IS LIKELY AND LARGE HAIL
AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORM. THE STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTH AT 5 MPH.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FYOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  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, 4:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 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, 1 hour 12 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
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 4:41 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
OHZ002>4-011-142200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
440 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 425 PM EDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
JUST NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN AND AKRON...TO MEDINA AND JUST NORTH OF
MANSFIELD...TO BUCYRUS AND FINDLEY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO
THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 TO 10 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH VERY LOCALIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT COUNTY UNTIL 530
PM. HAIL ONE INCH IN DIAMETER WAS REPORTED IN CUYAHOGA FALLS BY NEWS
MEDIA.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH
SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTH.
LOCALIZED PONDING OF WATER MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS WHERE THE
HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR.

VRCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:23 PM EDT, 12 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-142230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
523 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING.

AT 520 PM WEATHER SEVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAIN AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL MOVING THROUGH TRUMBULL COUNTY OF
NORTHEAST OHIO AND MERCER COUNTY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ONLY 5 MPH.
s
THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL
MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
OHZ002>4-011-142300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN
PARTS OF OHIO.

AT 520 PM EDT RADAR DETECTED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM
YOUNGSTOWN TO AKRON TO MANSFIELD AND NEAR BUCYRUS. MORE ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING FROM SOUTH OF FINDLAY TO NEAR LIMA TO
PAULDING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING TO THE SOUTH AT ABOUT 5 TO 10
MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...WITH VERY LOCALIZED HAIL AND TORRENTIAL
DOWNPOURS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THESE SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. SOME URBAN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS
COUyLD EXPERIENCE SOME OF THIS TYPE OF BRIEF FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EARLY EVENING.

VRCEK
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 5:31 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
OHZ004-007-142230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
530 PM EDT SUN JUN 14 1992

THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND HAIL
CONTINUE OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO.

AT 525 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM YOUNGSTOWN TO AKRONON TO FINDLAY.

THE HEAVIEST SHOWERS WERE OVER WAYNE...SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES IN
NORTHEAST OHIO. A REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CUYAHOGA FALLS
AREA WAS RECEIVED APPROXIMATELY 425 PM AND THREE-QUARTER INCH HAIL
WAS REPORTED NEAR TALLMADGE AT 500 PM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
1.55 INCHES OF RAIN WAS RECORDED IN CUYAHOGA FALLS BETWEE 420 PM AND
510 PM THIS AFTERNOON... ALONG WITH PEA SIZE HAIL.

THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WERE
ALONG AND SOUTH OF A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT.

STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE
WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY
SOUTH. PONDING OF WATER MAY CAUSE BRIEF FLOODING OF STREETS WHERE
HEAVIER RAINS OCCUR.

ALTO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit62 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.