Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT for Auglaize County, Ohio. It was in force for 55 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 23, 1992, 7:05 PM EDT (23:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Auglaize County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:15 PM EDT | Hail 1 | Auglaize, 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 343 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 232308 SVRDAY OHC011-240000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 705 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...AUGLAIZE COUNTY AT 705 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NOTHERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY NEAR WAPAKONETA OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORvMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 1:41 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-231900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 140 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WERE OVER SOUTHERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHERN DEARBORN COUNTIES IN INDIANA AT 135 PM EDT. AT 130 PM...A NARROW BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI BETWEEN NORTH VERNON AND AURORA INDIANA. THIS BAND WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES IN INDIANA...AS WELL AS BOONE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 145 AND 300 PM EDT. THIS BAND WAS PART OF A MUCH LARGER AREA OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WERE DEVELOPING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA... CENTRAL OHIO...AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. ALL THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES INCREASED BETWEEN 1230 AND 130 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AND WAIT UNTIL THE STORMS PASS. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAVE BEEN PRODUCING OVER 100 CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES EVERY 15 MINTUES. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS IN AN ELECTRICAL STORM... STAY AWAY FROM WATER OR ISOLATED TREES. ALSO...DO NOT HANDLE METAL OBJECTS...SUCH AS GOLF CLUBS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 2:36 PM EDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
OHZ008-KYZ005-INZ013-232000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 235 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING WERE MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 235 PM EDT. SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO...SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR WARSAW KENTUCKY ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI...NEAR RICHMOND INDIANA ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI...AND ALSO NEAR SEYMOUR INDIANA 65 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. PEOPLE IN GRANT AND OWEN COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES BETWEEN 300 AND 400 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF ANY THUNDERSTORM THIS AFTERNOON...STAY INDOORS UNTIL IT PASSES. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 3:44 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
KYZ005-INZ013-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 344 PM EDT WED JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE MOVING BACK INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA BY 300 PM EST. AT 340 PM EDT...SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN OHIO... SOUTHERN INDIANA...AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER JENNINGS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA ABOUT 40 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI...AND BETWEEN RICHMOND INDIANA AND EATON OHIO ABOUT 60 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER JENNINGS AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN INDIANA WILL BE MOVING ACROSS OHIO AND SWITZERLAND COUNTIES IN INDIANA...AS WELL AS GALLATIN AND CARROLL COUNTIES IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY...BETWEEN 400 AND 500 PM EDT. THIS CLUSTER PRODUCED OVER AN INCH OF RAIN IN AN HOUR IN SEYMOUR AND NORTH VERNON INDIANA BETWEEN 230 AND 330 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...FOR ADDITIONAL UPDATES. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 6:31 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
OHZ010-232330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 627 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE DEVELOPED IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO AT 625 PM EDT. AT 625 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN AUGLAIZE COUNTY NEAR ST MARYS OHIO AND ALSO IN MERCER COUNTY NEAR CELINA OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...POSSIBLE WIND GUST TO 40 MPH AND PERHAPS SMALL HAIL. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE STANDING AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND MAY GREATLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN AUGLAIZE AND NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES BETWEEN 630 AND 700 PM EDT. PEOPLE ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENTING WEATHER APPROACHES. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR ANY FURT,HER STATEMENTS. PADGETT
Special weather statement, Jul 23, 7:00 PM EDT, 5 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-240100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 658 PM EDT THU JUL 23 1992 A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL THIRD OF OHIO THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE DELAWARE...LANCASTER...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...LONDON...CIRCLEVILLE AND MARYSVILLE. AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST MUSKINGHAM COUNTY AND OVER EAST CENTRAL PERRY COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN THE CITIES OF ZANESVILLE AND CROOKSVILLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE INDICATED IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. A LARGE AREA OF RAIN WAS OVER THE REST OF CENTRAL OHIO. THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MILES AN HOUR. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DROP SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF RAIN ON GROUND THAT WILL ALREADY BE SATURATED BY PREVIOUS RAINFALL. THE RAIN WILL CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING ALONG WITH PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENINhG WEATHER IS OBSERVED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LVW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Preble | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.