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Tornado Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 5:56 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 5:56 PM EDT (21:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 132156
TORTOL
OHC175-132300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
556 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...WYANDOT COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM THAT MAY POSSIBLY
PRODUCE A TORNADO OVER NORTHCENTRAL WYANDOT COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN WYANDOT SHOULD PREPARE TO TAKE COVER
NOW.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO T O A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.