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Tornado Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 12, 1992Portage County, Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 10:20 PM EDTTornado F2Portage, OH
Jul 12, 10:42 PM EDTTornado F1Portage, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:06 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga84 min
Jul 12, 8:22 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Lorain68 min
Jul 12, 8:29 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jul 12, 8:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMedina68 min
Jul 12, 9:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit66 min
Jul 12, 9:13 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEGeauga77 min
Jul 12, 9:18 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage57 min
Jul 12, 9:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit, Wayne64 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHenry, Putnam67 min
Jul 13, 4:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock42 min
Jul 13, 4:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock39 min
Jul 13, 4:43 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHenry, Wood47 min
Jul 13, 4:52 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca53 min
Jul 13, 5:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock44 min
Jul 13, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood33 min
Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHenry47 min
Jul 13, 5:43 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca47 min
Jul 13, 5:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron61 min
Jul 13, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWyandot64 min
Jul 13, 6:17 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne58 min
Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes55 min
Jul 13, 7:44 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana46 min
Jul 13, 7:48 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark, Tuscarawas57 min
Jul 13, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Lake62 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.