Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 16, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT for Logan County, Ohio. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 16, 1992, 7:27 PM EDT (23:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Logan County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 162329 SVRDAY OHC091-170015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 727 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...LOGAN COUNTY AT 725 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO WESTERN LOGAN COUNTY 15 MILES WEST OF BELLEFONTAINE 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. REMEMB)ER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PADGETT
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, Apr 16, 6:36 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
OHZ005-162330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 634 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 900 PM EDT. AT 630 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF DAYTON TO TEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF DAYTON OHIO. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALSO 20 MILES WEST OF DAYTON NEAR RICHMOND INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE DAYTON METROPOLITAN AREA CAN EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND GUST TO 45 MPH BETWEEN 700 AND 730 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PADGETT
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:45 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 644 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...MOST OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 635 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI NEAR LEBANON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI NEAR DRY RIDGE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WARREN AND CLERMONT COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND CAMPBELL... PENDLETON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INSIDE AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JN
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:47 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
OHZ006-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 644 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PART OF CENTRAL OHIO WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DELAWARE...MADISON...UNION AND MARION. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE FROM CLEVELAND SOUTHWEST TO BELLEFONAINE IN LOGAN COUNTY. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEA ABOUT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MARION COUNTY BY 730 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG CUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESES STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WEBER %
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:49 PM EDT, 38 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-170000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 648 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA ...MOST OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 635 PM EDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS FROM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF CINCINNATI NEAR LEBANON TO 25 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI NEAR DRY RIDGE KENTUCKY. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE ACROSS WARREN AND CLERMONT COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST OHIO AND CAMPBELL... PENDLETON COUNTIES OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM EDT. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE INSIDE AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATsEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JN CORRECTED TO ADD SPACE BETWEEN THE LAST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 6:57 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
OHZ006-162345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 656 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR PART OF CENTRAL OHIO WHICH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF DELAWARE...MADISON...UNION AND MARION. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 645 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 MILES WIDE FROM CLEVELAND SOUTHWEST TO BELLEFONAINE IN LOGAN COUNTY. THE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MARION COUNTY BY 730 PM EDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...STRONG CUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESES STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER IS OBSERVED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO BROADCASTS AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. WEBER ...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 7:23 PM EDT, 4 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-170015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 723 PM EDT THU APR 16 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR DELAWARE... UNION...MARION...AND MADISON COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 720 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE GREENE...FAYETTE COUNTY LINE ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE TO ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS FAYETTE AND INTO WESTERN ROSS COUNTY BY 8 PM. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WINDS GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATExMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. GERARD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 4:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 53 min |
| Apr 16, 5:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 6:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 7:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 62 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.