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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 17, 1992Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 9:26 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1992, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1992, 10:30 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -105 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 180127
SVRTOL
OHC051-180230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
926 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      FULTON

AT 925 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSILBY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS JUST ENTERING EXTREME NORTHWEST FULTON COUNTY.
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS
HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
TAKE SHELTER INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS....UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MURPHY

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 17, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
OHZ001>2-005-010-180100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
755 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 1 AM THURSDAY MORNING.

THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST OF A SANDUSSKY-DAYTON LINE AND INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF DAYTON...TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FIDNLAY AND LIMA.

NO THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENTERED OHIO YET...BUT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS BEING TRACKED
BY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR THIS EVENING. AT 750 PM THE LINE EXTENDED FROM
FLINT MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST TO ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF THE OHIO-INDIANA-
MICHIGAN BORDER.

SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED THIS EVENING BY
THE FORT WAYNE AND SOUTH BEND OFFICES OF THE WEATHER SERVICE IN INDIANA
AND BY DETROIT IN MICHIGAN.

REMEMBER THAT A WATCH INDICATES THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
DEVELOPMENT TONIGHT. STAY ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ANY
WARNINGS OR LATER STATEMENTS FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE.

DEB
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:35 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-180200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
834 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1 AM EDT.

AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME
POSSIBLY SEVERE...FROM ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF DETROIT TO EXTREME
NORTHWEST OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING
WINDS THROUGHOUT SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA.
THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THE STORMS WILL ENTER FULTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO AROUND 930 PM
AND INTO LUCAS AND HENRY COUNTIES AROUND 1000 PM. ALL PEOPLE IN
NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS
TONIGHT. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFE SHELTER IF A WARNING
IS ISSUED. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 8:51 PM EDT, 35 minutes before
OHZ001>002-005-010-180200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
850 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING.

THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST OF A SANDUSKY-DAYTON LINE AND INCLUDES THE
CITIES OF DAYTON...TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY AND LIMA.

AT 845 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE
THUMB AREA OF MICHIGAN TO WEST OF DETROIT THROUGH EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO
AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STORMS WILL MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL
REACH THE TOLEDO AREA BY 10 PM AND FINDLAY TO LIMA LINE AROUND 1030 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW
TORNADOES THIS EVENING.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR THE
LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY
IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry58 min
Jun 17, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton, Lucas55 min
Jun 17, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood53 min
Jun 17, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky57 min
Jun 17, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam57 min
Jun 18, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca61 min
Jun 18, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie69 min
Jun 18, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain55 min
Jun 18, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga42 min
Jun 18, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot38 min
Jun 18, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam55 min
Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock44 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca63 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron62 min

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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.