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Tornado Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 30, 1992Columbiana County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 30, 1992, 8:18 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 57 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1992, 8:18 PM EDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Columbiana County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 30, 8:45 PM EDTHail 1Columbiana, OH

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 1992-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 706 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 1992-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 149 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
706 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
975 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
365 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 8:34 PM EDTTornado WarningCLETrumbull56 min
Jul 30, 9:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake4 hr
Jul 30, 9:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain, Medina4 hr
Jul 30, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit4 hr
Jul 30, 9:34 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne4 hr

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.