Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 11, 1992, 7:06 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 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
- Apr 11, 1992, 7:06 PM EDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 7:30 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Ashtabula, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 275 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 271 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 112307 SVRCLE OHC007-120015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 706 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AT 7 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE GEAUGA/ASHTABULA BORDER BETWEEN CHARDON AND ROAMING SHORES. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH RAMING SHORES AROUND 720 PM. PEA SIZE HAIL FELL IN CHARDON WHEN THIS STORM MOVED THORUGH THAT AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGSYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. SJN
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, Apr 11, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PAZ001-002-112300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 522 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10PM... ...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE... AT 520 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE EXTENDING FROM SOUTH OF PORT BURWELL ONTARIO...SOUTHWEST...TO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO. THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER THE PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AROUND 630 PM AND THEN CROSS INTO NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE SCATTERED OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. TP/TJP/BL
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 5:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-112230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 558 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 555 PM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO WOOSTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH A RAVENNA TO ORRVILLE LINE BY 620 PM AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SUMMIT...PORTAGE...AND WAYNE COUNTIES THEY WILL PRODUCE BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHEQS. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:20 PM EDT, 46 minutes before
OHZ002-120030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 620 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR OHIOS CENTRAL LAKESHORE INCLUDING THE CLEVELAND AREA. AT 610 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT THREATENED THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE EARLIER DURING THE EVENING MOVING AWAY FROM THE AREA. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT THE CENTRAL LAKESHORE SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN OR DRIZZLE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:27 PM EDT, 39 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-112315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 627 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10PM... AT 625 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM ASHTABULA SOUTHWEST TO AKRON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PASS THROUGH TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 700 PM AND ENTER MAHONING COUNTY BY 645 PM. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. REMAIN IN A SAFE PLACE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 6:43 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHZ004-007-112310- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 641 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE AKRON CANTON AREA WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAI
Special weather statement, Apr 11, 7:06 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ004-120000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 705 PM EDT SAT APR 11 1992 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 700 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALLIANCE MOVING INTO NORTHERN COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE SALEM AREA BY 730 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 41 min |
| Apr 11, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 49 min |
| Apr 11, 5:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lake | 56 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.