Tornado Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 12, 1992, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)

Expired

Jul 12, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain 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 130024
TORCLE
OHC043-093-130130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
822 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 LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
THE TORNADO WARNING FOR LORAIN AND ERIE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO
LAST UNTIL 930 PM THIS EVENING.
 
THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS OF A
TORNADO ON THE GROUND AS WELL AS NUMBEROUS REPORTS FUNNEL CLOUDS IN
EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY.
 
HAM RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE IN THE CITY OF
AMHERST...TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
 
AT 815 PM CLEVELAND RADAR CONTINUED SHOW VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
OVER LORAIN AND ERIE COUNTIES.  THEY WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 40 MPH.
 
 
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.