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Tornado Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Carroll County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT for Carroll County, Ohio. It was in force for 69 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 8:36 PM EDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Carroll County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 538 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, Huntington/Tri S, WV at 00:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
538 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 140037
TORCAK
OHC019-140145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
836 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...CARROLL COUNTY
 
AT 833 PM THE STARK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD JUST SOUTH
OF MAGNOLIA ON THE STARK-CARROLL COUNTY LINE. THE FUNNEL WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
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.
RLB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull55 min
Jul 13, 8:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull60 min
Jul 13, 9:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull48 min
Jul 13, 10:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne61 min
Jul 13, 10:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning69 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton57 min
Jul 14, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood50 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky56 min
Jul 14, 6:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca65 min
Jul 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron58 min
Jul 14, 7:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga60 min
Jul 14, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain69 min
Jul 14, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake58 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.