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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 13, 1992Richland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 8:12 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 8:50 PM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3023 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 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3023 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1009 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.8
Supercell composite
12.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMFD 140012
TORMFD
OHC005-139-140115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
812 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS BETWEEN SHELBY AND
SHILOH AND ALSO NEAR THE MANSFIELD LAHM AIRPORT IN NORTHERN RICHLAND
COUNTY. ALSO FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE SPOTTED NEAR MIFFLIN AND OVER
LOUDONVILLE IN ASHLAND COUNTY. ALL OF THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK S\HELTER 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.
 
NNNN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAshland63 min
Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNVan Wert67 min
Jul 14, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke67 min
Jul 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNShelby28 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLogan67 min
Jul 14, 7:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHardin57 min
Jul 14, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCrawford55 min
Jul 14, 7:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPreble63 min
Jul 14, 7:55 PM EDTTornado WarningILNCrawford, Richland65 min
Jul 14, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Hamilton47 min
Jul 14, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign47 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.