Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 5:34 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 56 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 13, 1992, 5:34 PM EDT (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 6:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:00 PM EDT | Tornado F1 | Crawford, 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 795 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMFD 132143 COR TORMFD OHC033-132230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 542 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...CRAWFORD COUNTY WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SKYWARN SPOTTERS HAVE BEEN TRACKING A TORNADO AS IT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. IT IS EXPECTED THAT THIS TORNADO WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 545 PM EDT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. GB (CORRECTED FOR TORNADO MOVEMENT.)
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
Local storm report, Jul 13, 12:30 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1230 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
ALL TIMES TYPE OF DAMAGE LOCATION SOURCE
ARE LOCAL
07/10 1345 POWER LINES DOWN ST RT 56 & I-71 MADISON
AND WILSON RD COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 1410 TREES DOWN CAUSING GRANDVIEW POLICE DEPT
POWER OUTAGES HEIGHTS..NW
COLUMBUS
07/10 1410 LARGE TREES DOWN SUNBURY RD..NE POLICE DEPT
COLUMBUS
07/10 1445 POWER LINES DOWN - SOUTHERN SHERIFF'S
WIND GUSTS 55-60 MPH MUSKINGUM COUNTY OFFICE
07/10 1500 TREES AND POWER LINES NEWARK LICKING
DOWN COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 1540 TREES AND POWER LINES NEAR CROOKSVILLE PERRY
DOWN & ROSEVILLE COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 1828 NUMEROUS TREES & MARYSVILLE UNION
POWER POLES DOWN COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 1900 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN NORTHERN HALF OF STATE PATROL
DELAWARE COUNTY
07/10 1930 TREES DOWN 10 MILES NORTH OF MUSKINGUM
ZANESVILLE COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 2000 WIND GUSTS OVER 60 NEAR DILLION DAM STORM
MILES AN HOUR SPOTTER
N8LFP
07/10 2055 TREES DOWN BAINBRIDGE ROSS
COUNTY
SHERIFF
07/10 2105 TREES DOWN ATHENS ATHENS
POLICE DEPT
07/12 2110 SEVERAL TREES BLOWN GREENCAMP/ MARION SHERIFF
DOWN COUNTY
07/13 0200 TREES/ LRG LIMBS DOWN THROUGHOUT SHERIFF/
FRANKLIN CNTY SPOTTERS
07/13 0230 NMRS TREES BLOWN DOWN THROUGHOUT SHERIFF
FAIRFIELD CNTY
07/13 0245 TWO TREES BLOWN MUSKINGUM CNTYD SHERIFF
ACROSS ROADS
07/13 0250 60 MPH WINDS/ LRG NEW LEXINGTON/ POLICE
LIMBS DOWN PERRY CNTY
RH/AGThe 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, 8:13 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Hardin | 62 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, 7:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Ashland, Richland | 66 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.