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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1992, 10:14 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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, 10:14 PM EDT (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 11:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Portage County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 10:20 PM EDT | Tornado F2 | Portage, OH | |
| Jul 12, 10:42 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Portage, 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 252 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 9.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCAK 130214 TORCAK OHC133-130315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1014 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY THE TORNADO WARNING FOR PORTAGE COUNTY HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 1115 PM. AT 955 PM LARGE TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN THE TWIN LAKES AREA. RSSIDENTS HEARD A LOUD ROARING SOUND BEFORE THE DAMAGE OCCURRED. 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 I8NTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. RLB
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, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron | 61 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 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.