Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:27 PM EDT for Huron County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 min. 3 reports 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, 8:27 PM EDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Lorain, OH | |
| Jun 18, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Lorain, OH | |
| Jun 18, 9:05 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Huron, 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, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 190027 SVRCLE OHC077-093-190130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 827 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...HURON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 820 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A SMALL CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HURON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF NORWALK...WILLARD...NORTH FAIRFIELD AND NEW LONDON IN HURON COUNTY. IN LORAIN COUNTY THE CITIES OF OBERLIN..AMHERST...AND LORAIN. AT 817 PM EDT COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED A BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST WEST OF WILLARD. THE TORNADO WENT BACK INTO THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM AFTER THE TOUCHDOWN. 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 PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODU+CE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. KAPELA
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 18, 4:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
OHZALL-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 444 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ROUGHLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLEVELAND TO NEWARK TO PORTSMOUTH. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS TORNADO WATCH ARE CLEVELAND... TOLEDO...COLUMBUS...CINCINNATI...DAYTON...FINDLAY...AND MANSFIELD. THIS TORNADO WATCH REPLACES THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH WAS ISSUED EARLIER THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON. AT 44O PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF DEROIT TO LIMA OHIO AND ON TO THE CINCINNATI AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER AND TORNADOES WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DO NOT TAKE THE CURRENT WEATHER SITUATION LIGHTLY...BE PREPARED. THE LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS AREA BETWEEN 800 AND 1000 PM EDT THIS EVEN'ING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES...DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZALL-182300- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 550 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR LOGAN COUNTY IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO AND SENECA COUNTY IN NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 630 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE WEST OF CLEVELAND UNTIL 730 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT TONIGHT. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 530 PM EDT SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST THIRD OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TIFFIN IN SENECA COUNTY WHERE THE WARNING IS IN EFFECT...IN PUTNAM COUNTY NEAR OTTAWA AND IN LOGAN COUNTY WHERE A WARNING IS IN EFFECT. THE THUNDERSTORMS IN LOGAN AND SENECA COUNTIES CONTAIN ESPECIALLY HEAVY RAINS AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH TIFFIN AND WEST LIBERTY BEFORE 630 PM. PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SUNNY SKIES STILL PREVAILED OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH AREA THIS EVENING...BUT THE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT AND SOME OF THEM MAY BE SEVERE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SITUATION. DEB
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 6:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PAZ001>004-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 617 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 615 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG IN INTENSITY...FORMING FROM NEAR BRADFORD SOUTH TO CLEARFIELD. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM SOUTHERN LAKE HURON SOUTH TO LORAIN OHIO. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL APPROACH THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE AFTER 9PM THIS EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATIONS FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ001>004-190100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 713 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... WEATHER RADAR AT 710 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LONDON ONTARIO SOUTH-SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLEVELAND. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL APPROACH THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM. BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR SHORTLY. LAMBERT
Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
735 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
ATTN: JOHN KWIATKOWSKI - STORM REPORT FOR THU JUN 18 1992
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OCCURRED| TYPE OF DAMAGE | LOCATION | COUNTY | SOURCE |
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2115 EDT|DIME SIZED HAIL |I75 AND RTE. 99 |HANCOCK |SPOTTER |
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2125 AND|DIME SIZED HAIL |ARCADIA |HANCOCK |SPOTTERS |
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2140 EDT|DIME SIZED HAIL |FOSTORIA |SENECA |FOSTORIA P.D. |
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2150 EDT|ROOF OFF BUILDING |JUST NW OF NEW |SENECA |SHERIFF |
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(NAME)Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:19 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
OHZ002-011-190130-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
817 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR OHIO'S CENTRAL LAKESHORE AND
CENTRAL HIGHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM EDT.
AT 815 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER SOUTHEAST SENECA COUNTY. AT 812 PM THE SENECA COUNTY SHERIFF
REPORTED THAT BLOOMVILLE AND ATTICA IN SOUTHEAST SENECA COUNTY HAD
VERY HEAVY RAIN...ONE-QUARTER INCH HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
SEEK SHELTER WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. REPORT ANY SEVERE
WEATHER TO YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
MURPHY
^The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:53 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 9:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 58 min |
| Jun 18, 9:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 56 min |
| Jun 18, 10:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 69 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.