Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 28, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Nov 22, 1992, 6:35 PM EST for Montgomery County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 6:35 PM EST (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 7:15 PM EST
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Montgomery County, OH, Preble County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 29 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 539 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 258 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 222335 TORDAY OHC113-135-230015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 635 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...S... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...MONTGOMERY COUNTY...PREBLE COUNTY AT 625 PM THE PREBLE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED A HOUSE DESTROYED NEAR INTERSTATE 70 IN CENTRAL PREBLE COUNTY. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS SIGHTED IN THE SAME AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE DAMAGE WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY BY 645 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. PROTECT YOUR HEAD... CHEST AND EXPOSED SKIN. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR AND PUT AS MANY WALLS AS POSSIBLE BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE STORM. OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. LINDSEY
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
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 2:57 PM EST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 255 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL INDIANA CONTINUED TO GAIN STRENGTH AND WILL BE MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA AROUND 5 PM EST. AT 250 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTH OF TERRE HAUTE AND 10 MILES WEST OF BLOOMINGTON INDIANA SOUTH TOWARD THE OHIO RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 430 PM EST AND 5 PM EST. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXPERIENCE RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF A HALF INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME...WIND GUST TO 45 MILES AND SMALL HAIL OTHER STORM ACTIVITY CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE CINCINNATI AREA BEFORE 6 PM EST. REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...SOUTHWEST CORNER OF OHIO AND PART OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. YOU HAVE TIME TO BE PREPARED...CHECK YOUR PLANS FOR SWIFT ACTION IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS YOUR AREA. SAM
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 3:53 PM EST, 2 hours 42 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 351 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE UNTIL 900 PM EST. THIS WATCH INCLUDES MOST OF THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. AT 335 PM EST...A 15 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH WERE SEVERE...EXTENDED FROM 30 MILES NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS TO 20 MILES WEST OF LOUISVILLE. TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IN ASSOCIATION WITH THIS LINE. THE LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST INDIANA AFTER 430 PM EST...AND INTO THE CINCINNATI METRO AREA BY 530 PM EST. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. THE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR... LARGE HAIL...AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN THE CINCINNATI TRISTATE ARE URGED TO KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON WEATHER CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. A REMINDER TO RESIDENTS OF HAMILTON COUNTY...BECAUSE A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CINCINNATI...THE OUTDOOR CIVIL DEFENSE SIRENS WILL SOUND IF EITHER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. IF THE SIRENS SOUND...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE COMMERCIAL MEDIA FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. NPYTLAK
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 4:28 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-222230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 425 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE GREATER CINCINNATI TRI STATE AREA UNTIL 9 PM EST. A LINE OF THEUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAIN... HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CONTINUED TO MARCH ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA AND INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 422 PM EST. AT 420 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE LINE STORMS NEAR RUSHVILLE TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA AND NEW CASTLE KENTUCKY...WHICH IS ABOUT 33 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOUISVILLE... PEOPLE IN FRANKLIN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES OF INDIANA AND OWEN COUNTY OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY WILL EXPERIENCE SOME OF THESE STORMS BEFORE 5 PM EST. WIND SPEEDS OF NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR...IS POSSIBLE ALONG WITH RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER...LIGHTNING STRIKES INTERRUPUTING POWER AND SMALL HAIL. STAY CALM...BUT BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. SAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 5:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Preble | 47 min |
| Nov 22, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Darke | 40 min |
| Nov 22, 6:23 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Miami | 67 min |
| Nov 22, 6:30 PM EST | Tornado Warning | ILN | Darke, Miami | 45 min |
| Nov 22, 6:43 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Shelby | 62 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.