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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 1992Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 9:49 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 9:49 PM EDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ashtabula County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 570 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
570 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 190147
TORCLE
OHC007-190245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
949 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY
 
AND THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE
 
AT 945 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF THE CITY OF GENEVA IN ASHTABULA COUNTY. THE PARENT
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THE CITIES OF JEFFERSON...ROAMING SHORES AND ANDOVER ARE IN
THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUI(LDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BE CAREFUL OF
FLOODING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM CULVERTS.
 
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, 8:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain67 min
Jun 18, 9:02 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina58 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.