Alert archive / Ohio / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 3:27 PM EDT for Darke 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 3:27 PM EDT (19:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Darke County, OH
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 3:35 PM EDT | Tornado F0 | Darke, 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -197 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDAY 181929 TORDAY OHC037-182030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DAYTON OH 327 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DAYTON HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO ...DARKE COUNTY AT 325 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE INDIANA OHIO STATE LINE JUST WEST OF DARKE COUNTY OHIO. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTINGS WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF PALESTINE AND GREENVILLE IN DARKE COUNTY OHIO. 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 BODYP. 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, Jun 18, 1:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 141 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE ONCE AGAIN STARTING TO DEVELOP IN ESTERN INDIANA TO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AT 138 PM EDT. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS FROM JUST SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE TO NORTH VERON INDIANA TO NEAR LOUIVILLE KENTUCKY...OR FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF FORT WAYNE INDIANA TO 45 MILES WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. TWO LARGE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR GREENSBURG TO NORTH VERNON INDIANA ACONTAIN VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WILL MOVE INTO RIPLEY AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA BETWEEN 2 PM EDT AND 230 PM EDT. AS THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE ACROSS AREAS THAT RECEIVED LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN EARLIER TODAY...PEOPLE IN THESE AREA WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING. AS STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA THIS AFTERNOON TAKE COVER IN A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREA OF HIGH WATER. ALSO...SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE CAUSING WIND GUSTS TO 55 MILES AND POSSIBLE HAIL. SAM
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ008-INZ013-KYZ005-181900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CINCINNATI OH 213 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT... 800 PM EST FOR ALL OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. THE STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM FORT WAYNE...125 MILES NORTHWEST OF CINCINNATI SOUTH TO LOUISVILLE KENTUCKY OR 75 MILE SOUTHWEST OF CINCINNATI. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND FLOODING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AROUND THE WATCH AREA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TOi DEVELOP. KEENEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 11:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Mercer | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 1:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Crawford | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 4:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 4:45 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Butler | 30 min |
| Jun 18, 5:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 3:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Hamilton | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Van Wert | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 4:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Miami | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 5:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Logan | 43 min |
| Jun 18, 6:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Clark | 65 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.