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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Trumbull County, Ohio; Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio; Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1992, 10:15 PM EDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Trumbull County, OH, Mercer County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 288 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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 293 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 KYNG 140116
SVRYNG
OHC155-PAC085-140215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
915 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM EDT A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
JUST SOUTH OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO EXTREME NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. WEST FARMINGTON AND
JOHNSTON IN OHIO AND GREENVILLE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
WILL BE AFFECTED BY 930 PM.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY S:O
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
MITCHELL

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, 6:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 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, 2 hours 33 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, 1 hour 30 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 13, 8:20 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	55 min
Jul 13, 8:36 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Carroll	69 min
Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	62 min
Jul 13, 9:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	48 min
Jul 13, 10:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark, Summit, Wayne	61 min
Jul 13, 10:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	69 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Fulton	57 min
Jul 14, 5:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wood	50 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	56 min
Jul 14, 6:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca	65 min
Jul 14, 7:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron	58 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	60 min
Jul 14, 7:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	69 min
Jul 14, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lake	58 min
Jul 13, 9:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie	56 min
Jul 13, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Venango	61 min
Jul 13, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lawrence	40 min
Jul 13, 10:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mercer	51 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1992 Every 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.