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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 13, 1992Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 7:09 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min. 5 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: Jul 13, 1992, 7:09 PM EDT (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 13, 7:11 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Ashland, OH
Jul 13, 7:15 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Richland, OH
Jul 13, 7:20 PM EDT	Tornado F0	Ashland, OH
Jul 13, 7:22 PM EDT	Tornado F1	Richland, OH
Jul 13, 8:15 PM EDT	Hail 1	Ashland, 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 183 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMFD 132309
TORMFD
OHC005-139-140015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
709 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
AT 7 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES NORTWEST OF MANSFIELD. THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH MANSFIELD BY 710 PM AND ENTER ASHLAND
COUNTY BY 730 PM. THIS STORM IS VISABLE FROM THE MANSFIELD WEATHER
STATION AND AT LEAST ONE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED. PEOPLE IN THE
MANSFIELD AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER NOW.
 
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
CURRY
NNNN

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, 8:13 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, 5:34 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Crawford	56 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.