Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 6:55 PM EDT for Clark County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Clark County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:03 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Clark, OH | |
| Jun 18, 7:31 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Clark, 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 36 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 182257 TORDAY OHC023-190000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 655 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...CLARK COUNTY AT 655 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHEAST MIAMI COUNTY OHIO MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CLARK COUNTY OHIO. THERE HAD BEEN NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS AND TWO TOUCHDOWNS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT PASSED ACROSS CENTRAL MIAMI COUNTY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE NORTH HAMPTON AND TREMONT CITY. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. BE CAREFUL OF FLOODING IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND STORM CULVERTS. LINDSEY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 141 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN STARTING TO DEVELOP IN ESTERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 138 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO NORTH VERON INDIANA TO NEAR LOUIVILLE KENTUCKY...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. TWO LARGE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREENSBURG TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA ACONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 2 PM EDT AND 230 PM EDT. AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY...PEOPLE IN THESE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER. ALSO...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE CAUSING WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 213 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... 800 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WAYNE...125 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI SOUTH TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY OR 75 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TOi DEVELOP. KEENEY
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 3:46 PM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
OHZ007-009-011-182145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 345 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...CINCINNATI...DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 345 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM FINDLAY TO TROY AND CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF OHIO BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE WEST HAVE BEEN PRODUCING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR WARNINGS. LVW .
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 5:01 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-182300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 501 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE WESTERN HALF OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM EDT. THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM CLEVELAND SOUTH TO PORTSMOUTH. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE COLUMBUS...DAYTON AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 455 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MUCH OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF OHIO WEST OF A LINE FROM BOWLING GREEN TO TROY...DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL OHIO AREA AROUND 6 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH CONFIRMED REPORTS OF TORNADOES IN EASTERN INDIANA. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES AN HOUR HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PEOPLE IN CENTRAL OHIO SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPID\LY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED OR WARNINGS ARE ISSUED. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. LVW (CORRECTED HEADER)
Local storm report, Jun 18, 5:02 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
5 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
ATTN: JOHN KWIATOWSKI - STORM REPORT FOR WED JUN 17 1992
1032 PM EDT 59 MPH AT EMA OFFICE IN VAN WERT.
1045-1100 PM EDT TWO POWER POLES DOWN..ONE LARGE TREE ACROSS ROAD.
1108 PM EDT 60 PLUS MPH AT WILSHIRE.
1145 PM EDT NUMEROUS POWER POLES DOWN WESTERN VAN WERT COUNTY
BETWEEN 1045-1115PM EDT.
1137 PM EDT TREE DOWN ON CAR IN MENDON IN MERCER COUNTY.
1203 AM EDT MERCER CO. OREGON RD TWO MILES NORTH CELINA US 127
6/18/92 SIXTY MPH WIND GUST WITH WALL CLOUD SIGHTING.
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3AM EDT DARKE CO SHERIFF REPORTED 52 MPH WIND.
THREE MILES SOUTHWEST OF GREENVILLE
PARTIAL ROOF OFF BARN. A FEW TREES DOWN
12 X 16 FOOT SHED DESTROYED..GENERALLY
STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.
DEANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:27 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke | 63 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 43 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.