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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 7:58 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 1992, 7:58 PM EDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1992, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 173 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: 34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 119 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 132359
SVRCLE
OHC007-085-140100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
758 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 755 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE ALONG THE SHORELINE OF LAKE AND ASHTABULA
COUNTIES. THEY WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 35 MPH.
 
HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED WINDS AROUND 50 MPH AND VERY HEAVY RAINS
AT 755 PM.
 
 
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND
PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND
OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO 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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 2:18 PM EDT, 5 hours 40 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, 5 hours 30 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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
607 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 SOUTH OF SANDUSKY ALONG
               BOGART AVE BETWEEN HWYS 4 AND 250. AT LEAST 10 HOMES
               DESTROYED ALONG WITH OUTBUILDINGS/SMALL BARNS. HUGE
               DEBRIS FIELD SPREAD OUT TO NORTH OF BOGART AVE. DAMAGE
               PATH ABOUT 400 YDS WIDE AND NEARLY 2 MILES LONG.

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AMHERST ON WEST AND
               SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN HWY 2 AND I-80/90. NUMEROUS LARGE
               TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. MANY HOMES DAMAGED. DAMAGE
               PATH VARIED FROM 100 TO 400 YDS IN WIDTH AND WAS ABOUT
               2 MILES LONG.

0850 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ON SOUTHEAST
            SIDE OF LAGRANGE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AT LEAST 8 HOMES.
            SEVERAL SHEDS DESTROYED. UTILITY TRUCK OVERTURNED AND
            DAMAGED. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
            DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YDS WIDE AND 1.75 MILES LONG.

KAPELA

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PAZ002-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
636 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 630 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
ASHTABULA COUNTY...OHIO.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
PENNSYLVANIA SHORTLY.

AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR...
IT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TJP

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:45 PM EDT, 13 minutes before

OHZ002-003-140145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
744 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

AT 740 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA
WERE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
FAIRPORT HARBOR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE
ONSHORE FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA EAST TO ASHTABULA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9
PM.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE ALONG LAKE ERIE'S SHORELINE FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA EAST SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.  A SPECIAL
MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT ON LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO
RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

WCR

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, 4:08 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

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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.