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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 4:52 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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 13, 1992, 4:52 PM EDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Seneca County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 13, 5:32 PM EDTTornado F2Seneca, 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 795 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°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 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 132052
TORTOL
OHC147-132145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
452 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...SENECA COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM WEATHER OBSERVERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO FORMING JUST
NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SENECA COUNTY BY 500
PM. PEOPLE NEAR FOSTORIA SHOULD PREPARE FOR A TORNADO NOW.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
t 
MURPHY

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 12, 10:14 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage61 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, 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.