Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Feb 15, 1992, 4:41 PM EST for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 15, 1992, 4:41 PM EST (21:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 15, 1992, 5:30 PM EST
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashland County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 345 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 KCLE 152142 SVRMFD OHC005-152230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH ISSUED BY CLEVELAND OH 441 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY AT 440 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARD ASHLAND COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF ASHLAND COUNTY UNTIL ABOUT 530 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. R EMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. JK
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, Feb 15, 2:41 PM EST, 2 hours before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 241 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS..
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 2:47 PM EST, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 246 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 235 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A 15 MILE-WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM 30 MILES EAST OF LIMA OHIO...TO CINCINNATI...TO 15 MILES EAST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS IN THE LINE WERE FROM JUST SOUTH OF DAYTON TO DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES REAMINED ABOUT THE SAME SINCE 130 PM. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. STATE POLICE OUT OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA REPORTED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR AS THESE STORMS PASSED. PEOPLE IN HAMILTON...WARREN...AND CLERMONT COUNTIES IN OHIO...AS WELL AS BOONE...KENTON...AND CAMPBELL COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AS THESE STORMS MARCH EAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE SPRINGLIKE THUNDERSTORMS. PYTLAK CORRECTION FOR TYPO IN LAST PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:06 PM EST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-152100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 306 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO CENTRAL OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 305 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR FINDLAY TO JUST EAST OF DAYTON TO NEAR CINCINNATI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO MARION...UNION...MADISON...AND FAYETTE COUNTIES BETWEEN 315 AND 4 PM. THE STORMS HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND &BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. GERARD
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-152200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 340 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AT 335 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A 15 MILE-WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...FROM 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS OHIO...TO 10 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOUISVILLE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN MARION COUNTY OHIO...WHICH IS 40 MILES NORTH OF COLUMBUS...IN CLERMONT COUNTY OHIO...WHICH IS 15 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...AND IN HARRISON COUNTY...WHICH IS 40 MILES SOUTH OF CINCINNATI. THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN INTENSITY SINCE 230 PM. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. AT 300 PM...A GUST TO 44 MILES AN HOUR WAS REPORTED AT LUNKEN AIRPORT...WHICH IS JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. PEOPLE IN CLERMONT...BROWN...CLINTON...AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES IN OHIO... AS WELL AS BRACKEN AND MASON COUNTIES IN KENTUCKY SHOULD HEAD INDOORS AS THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POTENT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:15 PM EST, 26 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 414 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN OHIO COUNTIES OF BROWN AND HIGHLAND AND THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF MASON AND BRACKEN. AT 400 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A 15 MILE-WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...FROM 50 MILES EAST OF DAYTON OHIO...TO 35 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY ENTERING WESTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BRACKEN COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORMS HAV E PAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POTENT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. KEENEY
Special weather statement, Feb 15, 4:18 PM EST, 23 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-152230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 418 PM EST SAT FEB 15 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EST FOR THE SOUTHERN OHIO COUNTIES OF BROWN AND HIGHLAND AND THE NORTHERN KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF MASON AND BRACKEN. AT 400 PM EST...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR DETECTED A 15 MILE-WIDE LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL...FROM 50 MILES EAST OF DAYTON OHIO...TO 35 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO 25 MILES NORTH OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN EASTERN CLINTON COUNTY ENTERING WESTERN HIGHLAND COUNTY 10 MILES WEST OF HILLSBORO. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN BRACKEN COUNTY 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI. AS THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA REMAIN INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UN&TIL THE STORMS HAVE PAST. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE POTENT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS. KEENEY ...CORRECTED 4TH PARAGRAPH...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 4:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Knox, Richland | 55 min |
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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.