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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 18, 1992Allen County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Feb 18, 1992, 6:32 PM EST for Allen County, Ohio. It was in force for 43 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 1992, 6:32 PM EST (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Allen 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 97 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-02-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1992-02-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 182334
TORDAY
OHC003-190015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
632 PM EST TUE FEB 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ALLEN COUNTY
 
AT 625 A REPORT OF A TORNADO IN SOUTHERN VAN WERT COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WAS
IN ALLEN COUNTY AT 630 PM MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND
PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM.
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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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.