Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 1992Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 12:29 AM EDT for Sandusky County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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 18, 1992, 12:29 AM EDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 1:30 AM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 12:50 AM EDTHail 0.75Sandusky, 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 180437 COR
SVRTOL
OHC143-147-180530-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1235 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

   ...SANDUSKY COUNTY...SENECA COUNTY

AT 1225 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL SANDUSKY COUNTY SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHWEST
SENECA COUNTY. 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 ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MURPHY
...CORRECTED TIME FOR RADAR REPORT...

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, 8:35 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 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, 3 hours 38 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, 2 hours 34 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, 1 hour 44 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:51 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
PAZ001-002-180700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1149 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST INTO THE NORTHERN
WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...

WEATHER RADAR AT 1140 PM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG IN
INTENSITY MOVING INTO THE NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF LAKE
ERIE.

THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND
50 MPH WHILE THE SOUTHERN PART OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE WAS ADVANCING AT
ONLY 10-20 MPH.

STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS.

BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEKt SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY.
THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AROUND 1AM.

LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:52 PM EDT, 37 minutes before
OHZ001-002-005-010-180500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1150 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST OHIO AND CONTINUES TO INCLUDE A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL
AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING.

THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO.

A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM TOLEDO TO HURON
UNTIL 1 AM EDT. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
SOME COUNTIES OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

AT 1145 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
FROM ONTARIO...ACROSS WESTERN LAKE ERIE TO FINDLAY AND LIMA AND
INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS
AROUND 25 MPH.

BY 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM
THE HURON...50 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND TO EAST OF FINDLAY AND LIMA TO
EAST CENTRAL INDIANA.

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 OBZSERVED.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton64 min
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, 12:51 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

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.