Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 91, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 6:04 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 6:04 PM EDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 552 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 142205 SVRTOL OHC123-143-142300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 604 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY...SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 602 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME SEVERE FROM JUST EAST OF TOLEDO TO BOWLING GREEN IN CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY...INTO SOUTHWEST PUTNAM COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS AT 602 PM WERE ENTERING WESTERN OTTAWA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES. 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.^ MURPHY
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 14, 1:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
OHZALL-141900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 155 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY... TIFFIN...FREMONT...SANDUSKY... AND NORWALK. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS AREA FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP IN A SHORT TIME AND TORNADOES ARE ONE OF NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A HOME OR A BUILDING GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT THEN GO INTO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST LEVEL...USUALLY A BATHROOM OR CLOSET. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME ABANDON IT AND GO TO A STRONGER BUILDING IF YOU HAVE TIME. OTHERWISE GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 2:50 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
OHZALL-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 250 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY... FOSTORIA...FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...AND NORWALK. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS AREA FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND TORNADOES ARE ONE OF MOTHER NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A HOME OR A BUILDING GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT THEN GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST LEVEL...USUALLY A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME ABANDON IT AND GO TO A STRONGER BUILDING IF YOU HAVE TIME. OTHERWISE GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
OHZALL-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 355 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...LIMA...FINDLAY... OTTAWA...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...AND NORWALK. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST OHIO. AT 350 PM SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR COMPOSITES SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AT AROUND 430 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND TORNADOES ARE ONE OF MOTHER NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE RAINFALL FROM THE PAST COUPLE NIGHTS HAS MADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A HOME OR A BUILDING GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT THEN GO TO ANR INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST LEVEL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS GET INTO A DITCH OR REVINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PAZ002>004-142200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 422 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...ANOTHER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA JUST WEST OF WATERFORD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE AIR OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE...SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PAONE/PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PAZ001>004-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 430 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...ANOTHER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA JUST WEST OF WATERFORD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE AIR OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE...SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING. PAONE/PARRISH/LAMBERT
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, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 60 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, 6:40 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 |
Nearby
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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.