Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1992, 11:33 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 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 17, 1992, 11:33 PM EDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 12:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:45 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ottawa, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 180334 SVRTOL OHC123-143-180430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1133 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY...SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 1130 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST WOOD COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO tADVANCE 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, 3 hours 37 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, 2 hours 58 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, 2 hours 42 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
OHZALL-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 955 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. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM THE ISLANDS WEST UNTIL 11 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1030 PM EDT. AT 945 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE HURON...ACROSS THE DETROIT AREA...TO NEAR TOLEDO...TO FORT WAYNE TO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BY 11 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE...EAST OF TOLEDO TO NEAR LIMA AND WEST OF DAYTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES THIS EVENING OVER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA. AS OF 930 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ACROSS ALL OF OHIO 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. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND CAUSE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND 70. THE CAUSE OF THIS WEATHER IS A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES INTO THE STATE THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS WILL BE 80 TO 85. SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. HIGHS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. THE WARMEST WERE 91 AT DAYTON AND TOLEDO. WINDS WERE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO OHIO SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. AROUND SUNSET THE WINDS GUSTED TO 44 MPH AT THE TOLEDO AIRPORT. GUSTS TO 35 MPH WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. A FEW REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CLEVELAND AND HURON CITY AREAS WERE REPORTED IN THE EVENING BECAUSE OF THE WINDS. ON THE EVENING WEATHER MAP A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM WISCONSIN ACROSS MISSOURI TO TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OHIO THURSDAY. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:45 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ001-002-005-010-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1045 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST 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. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON...LUCAS AND PAULDING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1115 PM EDT AND VAN WERT COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM EDT. AT 1045 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ONTARIO...ACROSS THE TOLEDO AREA TO NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY TO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM ISLANDS. TO EAST OF FINDLAY AND WELL WEST OF DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH CLEVELAND AFTER 2 AM AND COLUMBUS AFTER 3 AM. AT 943 PM THE WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH IN FAYETTE OF FULTON COUNTY WEST OF TOLEDO. AT 1010 PM EDT 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...DOWNED TREES AND DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DELTA OF FULTON COUNTY...25 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO. AROUND 1020 PM THE WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ACROSS ALL OF OHIO 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 69 min |
| Jun 18, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 1:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 62 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.