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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 1992Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:53 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 8:53 PM EDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lorain County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 190053 RRA
TORCLE
OHC093-190200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
853 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...LORAIN COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
 
THE LORAIN SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED TWO BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS
IN LORAIN COUNTY AT 845 PM EDT. BOTH TORNADOES QUICKLY WENT BACK
INTO THEIR PARENT THUNDERSTORM CLOUDS.
 
  ONE BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS LOCATED BETWEEN VERMILLION AND
  S. AMHERST ON STATE ROUTE 113.
 
  ANOTHER BREIF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS ON RT. 18 EAST OF WELLINGTON.
 
ALL RESIDENTS IN LORAIN COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF TORNADOES AS THUNDERSTORMS AFFECT THIS COUNTY
THROUGH 1000 PM EDT.
 
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.
 
KAPELA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 8:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Lorain63 min
Jun 18, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina58 min
Jun 18, 9:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula56 min
Jun 18, 10:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage69 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.