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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 1992Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 1992, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Huron County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-10Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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 KCLE 102026
SVRCLE
OHC077-102130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  530 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...HURON COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WESTERN END OF HURON COUNTY OVER WEAVERS CORNERS
WHICH IS 11 MILES WEST OF NORWALK.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND PASSING OVER
OR JUST SOUTH OF NORWALK AND INTO THE TOWNSHIPS IN THE EAST END SIDE OTHE COUNTY EAST OF NORWALK.
 J
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE
SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES 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, Jul 10, 2:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OHZ002>009-011-102000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
225 PM EDT THU JUL 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO
THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT AND NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREAS INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...
DAYTON...SPRINGFIELD...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...ATHENS...IRONTON...
CAMBRIDGE...MARIETTA...PORTSMOUTH...CLEVELAND...AKRON...MANSFIELD AND
YOUNGSTOWN.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 220 PM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING IN THE WATCH AREA FROM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLEVELAND ACROSS
MANSFIELD TO COLUMBUS AND A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AKRON-CANTON
AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA...KEEP AN EYE ON THE
SKY AND REMAIN TUNED TO YOUR N.O.A.A. WEATHER RADIO OR T.V. OR RADIO
STATION FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE DWARNINGS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 55 MPH OR GREATER...LARGE
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. HEAVY RAINS CAN FLOOD
ROADS QUICKLY...SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 2:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
OHZ006-011-101945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
300 PAM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM
EDT.

AT 2350 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCHESTER SOUTH TO 5 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD
AND EXTENDING SOUTH TO COLUMBUS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH
AND WILL REACH ASHLAND BY 3 PM.

THESE STORMS COTULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

CY

...CORRECTED FILE TIMES...

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
OHZ006-011-101945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
302 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 8 PM
EDT.

AT 235 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS FROM ROCHESTER SOUTH TO 5 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD
AND EXTENDING SOUTH TO COLUMBUS. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH
AND WILL REACH ASHLAND BY 3 PM.

THESE STORMS COULlD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND
HAIL.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

CY

...CORRECTED FILE TIMES...

NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PAZ002-003-004-102100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
312 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR CRAWFORD...WARREN
...VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES...

AT 310 THIS AFTERNOON ERIE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
ALONG THE OHIO BORDER AND MOVING EASTWARD INTO CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR
CONNEATVILLE AND THE PYMATUNING RESERVOIR.  OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE SCATTERED FROM SOUTH OF CLEVELAND OHIO INTO THE PITTSBURGH AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS LIGHTING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG
GUSTY WIND AND SMALL HAIL.

PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDT, 1 hour before
OHZ004-007-102030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
330 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST-CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 7PM
EDT AND THE NORTHEAST INLAND AREAS WILL BE UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

RADAR AT 310 PM INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF
CLEVELAND WEST OF ZANESVILLE. THIS LINE CONTAINED MANY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
CELLS. THEY WERE INDICATED IN CENTRAL  SUM MIT COUNTY JUST NORTH OF THE
CITY OF AKRON...IN WAYNE COUNTY NEAR WOOSTER..AND OVER NEWCOMERSTOWN IN
SOUTHERN TUSCARAWAS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL.

THOSE IN EASTERN OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING CONDITIONS AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. {

DEGAN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 3:45 PM EDT, 45 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
345 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH ARE SEVERE...WAS MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.  AT 335 PM THE LINE RUNS FROM AKRON THROUGH CANTON TO ZANESVILLE.
CURRENT MOVEMENT WILL PUT THE LINE INTO SOUTHWEST TRUMBULL AND OVER ALL
MAHONING COUNTY BY 4 PM...AND INTO THE CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN BY 445 PM.

THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY.  THIS STORM HAS
PRODUCED 1 1/2 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY OF AKRON.

IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS MOVE TO THE BASEMENT OR LOWEST INTERIOR
ROOM.  STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER
UPDATES.

SITES/NICK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain25 min
Jul 10, 2:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina60 min
Jul 10, 3:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit68 min
Jul 10, 3:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Wayne59 min
Jul 10, 3:25 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark, Wayne65 min
Jul 10, 4:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Jul 10, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning38 min
Jul 10, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe, Noble69 min
Jul 10, 5:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina65 min
Jul 10, 5:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain64 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.