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Tornado Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1992, 8:29 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 12, 1992, 8:29 PM EDT (00:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:00 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Huron, 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 325 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 374 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 130030 TORCLE OHC077-130130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 829 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 NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...HURON COUNTY AT 830 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO OVER CENTRAL HURON COUNTY SOUTH OF NORWALK. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA WERE MOVING EAST ABOUT 40 MPH. THE STORMS OVER HURON COUNTY WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. SOME OF THE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED TORNADOS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS IN ERIE HRUON AND LORAIN COUNTIES THIS EVENING. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:06 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 84 min |
| Jul 12, 8:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 8:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 9:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| Jul 12, 9:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 77 min |
| Jul 12, 9:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 64 min |
| Jul 12, 10:14 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry, Putnam | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Henry, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 53 min |
| Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Hancock | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wood | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Henry | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Seneca | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 6:17 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 7:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 62 min |
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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.