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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 14, 1992Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 7:55 PM EDT for Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 7:55 PM EDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 783 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
783 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMFD 142355
TORMFD
OHC033-139-150100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
755 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MANSFIELD HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION.S...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
CRESTLINE FIRE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL REPORT A TORNADO ON THE GROUND
NEAR CRESTLINE HIGH SCHOOL. THIS TORNADO IS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND
WILL ENTER RICHLAND COUNTY BEFORE 8PM.
 
 
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.
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 8:12 PM EDTTornado WarningILNRichland38 min
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, 7:58 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.