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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 23, 1992Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 7:37 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1992, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-23Temperature 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 232338
SVRTOL
OHC175-240045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
737 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...WYANDOT COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
NORTHWEST WYANDOT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES
AN HOUR. THERE WERE SEVERAL REPORTS OF DIME SIZED HAIL WHEN THIS STORM
MOVED THROUGH FINDLAY AROUND 720 PM. THE STORM WILL MOVE TO UPPER
SANDUSKY AROUND 800 PM.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
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 23, 3:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ001-005-010-232130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
355 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR MOST OF THE WESTERN
THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY...
DEFIANCE...LIMA...DAYTON...AND SPRINGFIELD.

AT 345 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA.
ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT
30 MPH.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DAYTON AND CAUSED HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTING TO ABOUT 45 MPH.
THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE JUST SOUTH OF DAYTON BY 5 PM.
UP TO 400 PM EDT THIS TIME THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD NOT SHOWN ANY
TENDENCY TO ORGANIZE INTO LINES. HOWEVER, THIS MAY CHANGE AS
THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS PROGRESS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.
STAY TUNED TO COMMERCIAL NEW MEDIA OUTLETS OR NOAA WEATHER
RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION.

DEB
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:56 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ001-005-010-232200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
455 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN
THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DEFIANCE...TOLEDO...FINDLAY...LIMA...
URBANA...DAYTON AND GREENVILLE.

AT 450 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
IN THE WATCH AREA. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOST NUMEROUS
BETWEEN DAYTON AND WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS EVENING AS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ITN THE WATCH AREA QUICKLY.

HILTBRAND
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ001-005-010-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
550 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE WESTERN
THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DEFIANCE...TOLEDO...FINDLAY...LIMA...
URBANA...DAYTON AND GREENVILLE.

AT 540 PM EDT RADAR INDICATED NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST
OHIO IN DEFIANCE...PAULDING ND PUTNAM COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD AFFECT FINDLAY IN HANCOCK
COUNTY AND THE WOOD COUNTY AREA BEFORE 7 PM.

ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX IN EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA WAS JUST CROSSING
THE OHIO BORDER INTO DARKE COUNTY. THOSE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SOME
LARGE HAIL WEST OF MUNCIE THIS EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH
GREENVILLE IN THE WATCH AREA BY 7 PM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
OBSERVED IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA NEAR BLOOMINGTON AND INDIANAPOLIS.

PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY THIS EVENING AS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA QUICKLY.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST
WEATHER INFORMATION AS THUNDERSTORMS MAYz DEVELOP IN OTHER AREAS WITHIN
A SHORT TIME THIS EVENING.

DEB
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
OHZ001-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
553 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...WOOD...FULTON...HANCOCK...
HENRY...PUTNAM...WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE AND PAULDING.

AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PAULDING AND PUTNAM COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
IN NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

AT 545 PM EDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
HOWEVER...REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BARNES
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
OHZ001-232300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
605 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...WOOD...FULTON...HANCOCK...
HENRY...PUTNAM...WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...LUCAS AND PAULDING.

AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PAULDING AND PUTNAM COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.  MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED
IN NORTHWEST OHIO THROUGHOUT THE EVENING.

AT 600 PM EDT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
HOWEVER...REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.  SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

BARNES
...CORRECTED TO ADD LUCAS COUNTY IN LIST OF COUNTIES INCLUDED
IN THE WATCH...
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 6:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
OHZ001-232330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
637 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...WOOD...FULTON...HANCOCK...
HENRY...PUTNAM...WILLIAMS...DEFIANCE...LUCAS AND PAULDING.

AT 635 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN
OVER PUTNAM...HANCOCK AND SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTIES. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE TO FOSTORIA AROUND 645 PM.

THESE STORMS PRODUCED PEA SIZED HAIL AT OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY AT 6 PM
AND AT MCCOMB IN HANCOCK COUNTY AROUND 620 PM. ALSO...THE FIRE
DEPARTMENT IN MCCOMB REPORTED 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR WINXDS. THESE STORMS
MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock67 min
Jun 23, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.