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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 1992Hancock County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 5:15 PM EDTHail 0.75Hancock, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton64 min
Jun 17, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry58 min
Jun 17, 10:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton, Lucas55 min
Jun 17, 11:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood53 min
Jun 17, 11:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky57 min
Jun 17, 11:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam57 min
Jun 18, 12:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca61 min
Jun 18, 12:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie69 min
Jun 18, 1:05 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain55 min
Jun 18, 1:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga42 min
Jun 18, 1:37 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot38 min
Jun 18, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPutnam55 min
Jun 18, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca63 min
Jun 18, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron62 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.