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Tornado Warning 47, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 24, 1992Portage County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1992, 4:54 PM EDT for Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1992, 4:54 PM EDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1992, 5:21 PM EDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Portage County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 253 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -24 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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 KCAK 242055
TORCAK
OHC133-242200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
454 PM EDT FRI JUL 24 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
AT 455 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF A TORNADO ON THE
GROUND IN MANTUA MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH.
 
 
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 INTERIOR 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 24, 5:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWashington3 hr
Jul 24, 7:04 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEBelmont, Guernsey3 hr
Jul 24, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga54 min
Jul 24, 11:36 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain39 min
Jul 24, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne65 min
Jul 24, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETuscarawas69 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton56 min
Jul 24, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage65 min
Jul 24, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning62 min
Jul 24, 5:33 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage114 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.