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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 4, 1992Fulton County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1992, 11:25 PM EDT for Fulton County, Ohio. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 1992, 11:25 PM EDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 1992, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Fulton County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 050326
TORTOL
OHC051-050415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1125 PM EDT SAT JUL 4 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY
 
AT 1125 PM THE WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN TOLEDO HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL
REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN NORTHCENTRAL FULTON COUNTY THROUGH THE
COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. THE STORM PRODUCING THE FUNNELS WAS MOVING
EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
MURPHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 12:14 AM EDTTornado WarningCLEFulton28 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECoshocton, Guernsey56 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.