Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 5:01 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 44 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 5:01 PM EDT (21:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Hancock, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 182102 TORTOL OHC063-182145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 501 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 500 PM A PILOT REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD OVER FINDLAY AIRPORT. THIS FUNNEL MAY TOUCHDOWN...THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNEL WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST cFLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 9:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 10:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 10:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 11:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 53 min |
| Jun 17, 11:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 11:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 12:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 12:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 69 min |
| Jun 18, 1:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 1:33 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 42 min |
| Jun 18, 1:37 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 38 min |
| Jun 18, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Putnam | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 62 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.