Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 8:12 PM EDT for Ashland County, Ohio. It was in force for 63 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, 8:12 PM EDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashland County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Richland | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 6:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 7:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 28 min |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hardin | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 7:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 55 min |
| Jul 14, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 7:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Crawford, Richland | 65 min |
| Jul 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler, Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Champaign | 47 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.