Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1992, 8:13 PM EDT for Hardin County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 12, 1992, 8:13 PM EDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hardin County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:45 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Hardin, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 1710 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 323 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 130014 TORDAY OHC065-130115- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 813 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...HARDIN COUNTY AT 812 PM THE AUGLAIZE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO HAD TOUCHED DOWN IN THE CITY OF WAPAKONETA AND WAS EAST OF THE CITY. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE TORNADOES WAS APPROACHING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HARDIN COUNTY OHIO AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. 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. 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, Jul 12, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
OHZ010-122330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 633 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO. AT 630 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ENTERING VAN WERT COUNTY OHIO IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE COUNTY ALONG THE OHIO INDIANA STATE LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND PEOPLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PART OF VAN WERT COUNTY CAN EXPECT VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH UNTIL ABOUT 715 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS BE PREPARED TO TAKE QUICK PROTECTIVE ACTION. LINDSEY
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:41 PM EDT, 32 minutes before
OHZ006-007-009-011-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 741 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT FOR DELAWARE ...KNOX...LICKING...UNION...MUSKINGUM AND MARION COUNTIES. AT 740 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND TO FINDLAY. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO UNION AND MARION COUNTIES BY 8 PM. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED SEVERAL TORNADOES AND WIND GUSTS TO 70 MILES AN HOUR AS IT MOVED THROUGH NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN 645 AND 745 PM. TORNADOES WERE REPORTED IN THE TOLEDO AREA AND DAMAGING WINDS WERE REPORTED IN MERCER AND VAN WERT COUNTIES BETWEEN 715 AND 745 PM. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL OHIO HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR..`.HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 8:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Mercer | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 8:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Auglaize | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 66 min |
| Jul 12, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 9:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 52 min |
| Jul 12, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 60 min |
| Jul 12, 10:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Knox | 68 min |
| Jul 12, 11:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Morrow | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 11:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Richland | 69 min |
| Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Crawford | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ashland, Richland | 66 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.