Tornado Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 12, 1992, 8:06 PM EDT (00:06 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

84 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Cuyahoga County, 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.

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TTAA00 KCLE 130009
TORCLE
OHC035-130130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
806 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
AT 8 PM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATIORS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OF A TORNADO ON THE GROUND NEAR THE CITY OF AMHERST IN EASTERN
LORAIN COUNTY. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS OF
TORNADOS IN LORAIN COUNTY BETWEEN 745 AND 8PM AND HAVE PRODUCED
DAMAGE.
 
THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 TO 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
CUYAHOGA COUNTY.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
AVOID WINDOWS.

Tornado Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.