Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:37 PM EST for Ashland County, Knox County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min. 2 reports 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
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:37 PM EST (02:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 10:30 PM EST
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ashland County, OH, Knox County, OH, Richland County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 9:40 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Richland, OH | |
| Nov 22, 9:45 PM EST | Hail 0.75 | Knox, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 870 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 360 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 7.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Nov 22, 3:53 PM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 351 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNTIL 900 PM EST. THIS WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. AT 335 PM EST...A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE. TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA AFTER 430 PM EST...AND INTO THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA BY 530 PM EST. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR... LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A REMINDER TO RESIDENTS OF HAMILTON COUNTY...BECAUSE A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CINCINNATI...THE OUTDOOR CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS WILL SOUND IF EITHER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. IF THE SIRENS SOUND...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NPYTLAK
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:28 PM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 425 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EST. A LINE OF THEUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 422 PM EST. AT 420 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE STORMS NEAR RUSHVILLE TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA AND NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY...WHICH IS ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE... PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF INDIANA AND OWEN COUNTY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE STORMS BEFORE 5 PM EST. WIND SPEEDS OF NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR...IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER...LIGHTNING STRIKES INTERRUPUTING POWER AND SMALL HAIL. STAY CALM...BUT BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SAM
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 7:19 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-230115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 717 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EST. AT 715 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LIMA TO DAYTON TO CINCINNATI. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER SOUTHERN CLINTON COUNTY . ALL THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM OVER CLINTON COUNTY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTENING AS IT MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS MAINTAINED ITS INTENSITY AND WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTY BY 745 PM. SEVERAL TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED WITH THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS IT MOVED THROUGH WESTCENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM. PEOPLE THROUGHOUT CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITION4S THIS EVENING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 7:13 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Montgomery, Preble | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 7:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign, Logan | 67 min |
| Nov 22, 7:23 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Brown, Highland | 37 min |
| Nov 22, 7:28 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 62 min |
| Nov 22, 7:59 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Highland | 24 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.