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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 1992Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 1:33 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 1:33 AM EDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 2:15 AM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 858 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
858 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 180531
SVRCLE
OHC035-180615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
133 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 130 AM EDT SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST LORAIN COUNTY. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE INTO THE WESTERN SUBURBS
OF CLEVELAND BEFORE 2 AM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL AS WELL AS HEAVY RAINS AND HIGH WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUC'E A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

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, 8:51 PM EDT, 4 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, 3 hours 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, 2 hours 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
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 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, 1 hour 41 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
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:57 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PAZ001-002-180700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1250 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL
WATERS OF LAKE ERIE...

WEATHER RADAR AT 1245 AM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM JUST WEST OF LONG POINT CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH VERY
HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE STORMS.

ANY BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE OR PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD BE SEEKING SAFE HARBOR.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERdIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN NEW YORK
BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 AM.

LAMBERT/PAONE/HALFAST

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, 12:29 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, 1:37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.