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Tornado Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 1992Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1992, 6:10 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1992, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 082210
TORYNG
OHC099-155-082315-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
610 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY
 
AT 606 PM MAHONING COUNTY DIASTER SERIVCE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO
ON THE GROUND NEAR LAKE MILTON IN MAHONING COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF AUSTINTOWN... MINERAL
RIDGE AND GIRARD SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION.
 
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.
 
SITES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit67 min
Aug 8, 5:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula47 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit115 min
Aug 8, 6:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWayne115 min
Aug 8, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull68 min
Aug 8, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit65 min
Aug 8, 7:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning63 min
Aug 8, 7:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEColumbiana63 min
Aug 8, 7:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr

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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.