Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1992, 9:09 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 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
- Jul 12, 1992, 9:09 PM EDT (01:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:22 PM EDT | Tornado F3 | Summit, 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 130109 SVRCAK OHC153-130215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 909 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SUMMIT COUNTY RADAR AT 905 PM INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR RICHFIELD MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER ZCROSSINGS. RLB
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 12, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ004-007-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 755 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES. RADAR AT 750 WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS THROUGH THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND AND ALSO NEAR SANDUSKY. LIGHT RAIN WAS SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THIS RAIN WILL GRADUALLY GET HEAVIER THROUGH THE EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AvREA. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD RREMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-130100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 755 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME EASTERN AREAS. RADAR AT 750 PMWAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLUMBUS THROUGH THE AKRON-CANTON AREA TO 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND AND ALSO NEAR SANDUSKY. LIGHT RAIN WAS SPREADING EASTWARD THROUGH WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. THIS RAIN WILL GRADUALLY GET HEAVIER THROUGH THE EVENING AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. THOSE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD CONDITIONS BECOME THREATENING. RLB ...CORRECTED TO ADD EXPIRATION TIME OF WATCH...
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:55 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ004-007-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 855 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES. RADAR AT 850 PM WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO NEW PHILADELPHIA TO 70 MILES EAST OF YOUNGSTOWN. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE INDICATED IN A NARROW LINE FROM 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH AND WILL REACH SUMMIT COUNTY BETWEEN 930 AND 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OFF SEVERE WEA*THER AND THOSE ALONG THEIR PATH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:02 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ011-006-130200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 900 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 11PM EDT. AT 855 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A EXTENSIVE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO. WITHIN THIS AREA WAS A STRONGER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF MEDINA TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF UPPER SANDUSKY TO WAPAKONETA IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOES AND FUNNEL CLOUDS IN WESTERN AND NORTHERN 0OHIO EARILER THIS EVENING. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU. GB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 77 min |
| Jul 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Putnam | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Henry, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Henry | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.