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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 12, 1992Auglaize County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT for Auglaize County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Auglaize County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 74 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1710 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KDAY 130028
TORDAY
OHC011-130130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH
828 PM EDT SUN JUL 12 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...AUGLAIZE COUNTY
 
AT 827 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR THE WESTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTY LINE. THE THUNDERSTORM HAD PRODUCED A
TORNADO IN THE CITY OF ROCKFORD IN NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY AT 816 PM.
 
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES
OF ST MARYS AND WAPAKONETA.
 
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, Jul 12, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 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, 47 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:05 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMercer40 min
Jul 12, 8:13 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHardin62 min
Jul 12, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert66 min
Jul 12, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan57 min
Jul 12, 9:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin52 min
Jul 12, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow60 min
Jul 12, 10:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNKnox68 min
Jul 12, 11:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMorrow53 min
Jul 12, 11:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNRichland69 min
Jul 13, 5:34 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCrawford56 min
Jul 13, 7:09 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAshland, Richland66 min

Nearby

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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.