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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 4:08 PM EDT for Henry County, Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 1992, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1992, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Henry County, OH, Putnam County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.4
Supercell composite: 3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 132015 COR
SVRTOL
OHC069-137-132115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING       ...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
408 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST OHIO

   ...HENRY COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY

AT 405 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
ABOUT TEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEFIANCE IN DEFIANCE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM
INCLUDE...CONTINENTAL...RICE...NORTH CREEK...WISTERMAN...PLEASANT
BEND...NEW BAVARIA...AND HOLGATE. ALL PEOPLE IN PUTNAM AND HENRY
COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR SEVERE WEATHER NOW.

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 CROSSINGS.

MURPHY
...CORRECTED STORM LOCATION...

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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1130 AM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

TIME EVENTS OCCURRED.. JUL 12 SUNDAY

TYPE OF EVENT.. HAM OPERATORS REPORT...NUMEROUS EVENTS.  (COUNTIES)

947 PM  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...3105 HUDSON DR (STOW-HUDSON BORDER) SUMMIT
SUMMIT COUNTY.

958 PM  FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF WOOSTER RT 83 (WAYNE COUNTY)

1016 PM  TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN SHALERSVILLE  (PORTAGE COUNTY)

1022 PM  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN  CUYAHOGA FALLS  RICE RD.  (SUMMIT)

1022 PM  BUILDINGS DOWN  BATH AND NORTH HAMPTON  (SUMMIT)

1042 PM  FUNNEL TOUCHDOWN  SUMMIT RD JUST OUTSIDE KENT (PORTAGE)

1030 PM   1/2 INCH HAIL RAVENNA  RT 5 AT RT 14  (PORTAGE)

REPORTED MORNING OF 7/13/92.

7/12/92 1036EDT  REPORT OF DAMAGE AT CARRINGTON COACH ON ARLINGTON
RD. JUST SOUTH OF S.R. 619. (DAMAGE CLEANED UP BUT WAS IN CIRCULAR
PATTERN.) TIME OF OCCURRENCE 7/12/92 BETWEEN 2130EDT AND 2200EDT.
SOUTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY JUST N AIRPORT.

MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DAMAGE
IN CUYAHOGHA FALLS ON MARC DRIVE. NORTHERN SUMMIT COUNTY. TIME OF
OCCURRENCE 2135EDT 7/12/92. (REPORTED BY SUMMIT COUNTY DISASTER
SVS. DIRECTOR).

MARTIN

Local storm report, Jul 13, 11:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
530  AM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

TIME EVENTS OCCURRED.. JUL 12 SUNDAY

TYPE OF EVENT.. HAM OPERATORS REPORT...NUMEROUS EVENTS.  (COUNTIES)

947 PM  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...3105 HUDSON DR (STOW-HUDSON BORDER) SUMMIT
SUMMIT COUNTY.

958 PM  FUNNEL CLOUD JUST NORTH OF WOOSTER RT 83 (WAYNE COUNTY)

1016 PM  TREES DOWN...POWER LINES DOWN SHALERSVILLE  (PORTAGE COUNTY)

1022 PM  TORNADO TOUCHDOWN  CUYAHOGA FALLS  RICE RD.  (SUMMIT)

1022 PM  BUILDINGS DOWN  BATH AND NORTH HAMPTON  (SUMMIT)

1042 PM  FUNNEL TOUCHDOWN  SUMMIT RD JUST OUTSIDE KENT (PORTAGE)

1030 PM   1/2 INCH HAIL RAVENNA  RT 5 AT RT 14  (PORTAGE)

REPORTS RECEIVED MORNING OF 7/13/92...

2130EDT-2200EDT SLIGHT DAMAGE ON ARLINGTON RD. JUST S OF S.R. 619
(DEBRIS REPORTED TO LAY IN ALL DIRECTIONS. SOUTHERN SUMMIT CO.

2135EDT MULTI-MILLION RESIDENTIAL, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DAMAGE
ON MARC DR. CUYAHOGA FALLS. NORTHERN SUMMIT CO.

MARTIN

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
216 PM EDT MON JUN 22 1992

TORNADO REPORTS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO FOR THE EVENING
OF JUNE 12TH.

0740 PM EDT    ERIE COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SR2/250...CONSIDERABLE
               DAMAGE TO CARS...HOUSES AND TREES

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 1/2 S OF VERMILION

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AMHERST...HOUSE
               AND TREE DAMAGE

0832 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...N RIDGEVILLE...
               HOUSE AND TREES DAMAGED

0843 PM EDT    CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT CLE IN NASA
               COMPLEX...DAMAGE TO ANTENNAS...TREES AND A TRAILER.

0850 PM EDT LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT LAGRANGE...DAMAGE TO
            HOUSES AND TREES PLUS SOME INJURIES.

0900 PM EDT HURON COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 6NE NEW LONDON...DAMAGE TO
            BARN AND PICKED UP HAY WAGON AND THREW IT INTO SOYBEAN
            FIELD.

0920 PM EDT CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SOLON...DAMAGE TO
            TREES AND HOUSES.

0930 PM EDT CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SHAKER HEIGHTS...
            DAMAGE TO TREES AND UTILITY LINES.

0935 PM EDT GEAUGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AUBURN TOWNSHIP...
            TREES DOWN.

LG

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
216 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

TORNADO REPORTS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO FOR THE EVENING
OF JULY 12TH.

0740 PM EDT    ERIE COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SR2/250...CONSIDERABLE
               DAMAGE TO CARS...HOUSES AND TREES

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 1/2 S OF VERMILION

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AMHERST...HOUSE
               AND TREE DAMAGE

0832 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN...N RIDGEVILLE...
               HOUSE AND TREES DAMAGED

0843 PM EDT    CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT CLE IN NASA
               COMPLEX...DAMAGE TO ANTENNAS...TREES AND A TRAILER.

0850 PM EDT LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN AT LAGRANGE...DAMAGE TO
            HOUSES AND TREES PLUS SOME INJURIES.

0900 PM EDT HURON COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 6NE NEW LONDON...DAMAGE TO
            BARN AND PICKED UP HAY WAGON AND THREW IT INTO SOYBEAN
            FIELD.

0920 PM EDT CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SOLON...DAMAGE TO
            TREES AND HOUSES.

0930 PM EDT CUYAHOGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN SHAKER HEIGHTS...
            DAMAGE TO TREES AND UTILITY LINES.

0935 PM EDT GEAUGA COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AUBURN TOWNSHIP...
            TREES DOWN.

LG

CORRECTED DATES IN HEADING AND FIRST LINE OF TEXT

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, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit	66 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, 4:33 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

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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.