Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1992, 5:52 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 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
- Jun 23, 1992, 5:52 PM EDT (21:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1992, 6:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mercer County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:25 PM EDT | Hail 0.85 | Mercer, 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 1361 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 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 232153 SVRDAY OHC107-232245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 552 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...MERCER COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN MERCER COUNTY OHIO ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF CELINA NEAR COLDWATER OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE THUNDERSTORM ARE COLDWATER AND MONTEZUMA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES GET TO A REINFORCED SHELTER AND PREPARE FOR STRONG... DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LINDSEY
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, Jun 23, 2:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 253 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. AT 240 PM EDT...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF WESTERN OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY... AND CENTRAL INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS...WHICH WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER AUGLAIZE AND ALLEN COUNTIES IN OHIO ABOUT 110 MILES NORTH OF CINCINNATI. AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITIES REMAINED ABOUT THE SAME BETWEEN 130 AND 230 PM EDT. THE SHOWERS AND STORMS WERE RACING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE NUMEROUS ACROSS INDIANA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN RACE EASTWARD INTO OHIO AFTER 600 PM. BECAUSE OF THE FAST MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS... STRONG GUSTY WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY THEM. HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS A CERTAINTY. HOWEVER...PEOPLE ACROSS THE TRISTATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION THROUGHOUT THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...THE VOICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHERj SERVICE...OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PYTLAK/MANUEL
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 3:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ005-232045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 344 PM EDT TUE JUN 23 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. AT 340 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WEST OF EATON OHIO IN PREBLE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE EATON...WEST ALEXANDRIA...NEW LEBANON AND DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE DAYTON AREA BETWEEN 4 AND 430 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 443 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 440 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND 40 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIAN. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM IN OHIO WAS NEARING DAYTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE TRISTATE AREA AT 430 PM. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN THOUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA WAS THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNDER A WATCH...PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TRISTATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...OR SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTS YOUR AREA. STAY TULNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION. PYTLAK
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 4:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 444 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 440 PM EDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER CENTRAL INDIANA BETWEEN INDIANAPOLIS AND 40 MILES NORTH OF EVANSVILLE INDIANA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST STORM IN OHIO WAS NEARING DAYTON. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE IMMEDIATE TRISTATE AREA AT 430 PM. HOWEVER...CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF CINCINNATI LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EVEN THOUGH FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA WAS THE ONLY COUNTY IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNDER A WATCH...PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE TRISTATE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED...OR SEVERE WEATHER AFFECTS YOUTR AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR UPDATES ON THIS THUNDERSTORM SITUATION. PYTLAK CORRECTED FOR TYPO IN 2ND PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jun 23, 5:46 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-232300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 546 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH AND WEST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA UNTIL 900 PM EDT. FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. AT 535 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...FROM NEAR LIMA OHIO...WHICH IS 120 MILES NORTH NORTH OF CINCINNATI...TO 60 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE WERE NEAR MUNCIE INDIANA...JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS...AND ALSO NEAR BEDFORD INDIANA ABOUT 90 MILES WEST OF CINCINNATI. RADAR ALSO INDICATED WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OVER A PORTION OF CENTRAL OHIO JUST SOUTHWEST OF COLUMBUS...AND ALSO JUST NORTHWEST OF LEXINGTON KENTUCKY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AT THAT SPEED...THEY WILL ARRIVE IN SOUTHEAST INDIANA AFTER 730 PM EDT. PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN COUNTY INDIANA...AS WELL AS IN THE REST OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE...SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. PYTLAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 6:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 64 min |
| Jun 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 40 min |
| Jun 23, 7:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 59 min |
| Jun 23, 7:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Allen | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.