Alert archive / Ohio / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Charleston, WV
NWS Charleston, WV issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 8:37 PM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 8:37 PM EDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 9:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Charleston, WV
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ross County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 597 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1259 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCMH 110037 SVRCMH OHC141-110130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH 837 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ROSS COUNTY AT 835 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN ROSS COUNTY 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BAINBRIDGE. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OUT OF ROSS COUNTY AND INTO PIKE COUNTY BY 9 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. SMITH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-102200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 445 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 433 THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON INDICATED A DEVELOPING LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM PITTSBURGH PENNSYLVANIA TO WHEELING...TO 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA. THE LINE THEN EXTENDED FURTHER WEST INTO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. IN ADDITION... AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE LINE IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHERN NOBLE COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST OHIO...NEAR CALDWELL. THIS STORM WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WETZEL COUNTY IN NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...AND PASS JUST SOUTH OF NEW MARTINSVILLE. THE THUNDERSTORM LINE WAS SINKING SOUTHEAST AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR. AS THIS STORM PASSES...DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AND LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MEDLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 612 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 600 THIS AFTERNOON...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM JUST SOUTH OF MORGANTOWN...WEST TO PARKERSBURG AND THEN FURTHER WEST TO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER WESTERN PLEASANTS COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHERN TYLER AND NORTHERN DODDRIDGE COUNTIES BY 7 PM. ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED IN NORTHERN TYLER COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL MOVE EAST INTO WESTERN MARION COUNTY BY 7 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE...ALTHOUGH ONLY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED THUS FAR. AS THESE STORMS PASS... DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AN HOUR AS WELL AS LARGE HAIL IS POSSIBLE. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MEDLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-110200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 655 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 645 THIS AFTERNOON...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM TERRA ALTA TO CLARKSBURG TO PARKERSBURG WEST VIRGINIA ...AND THEN FURTHER WEST TO CHILLICOTHE OHIO. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTH AT LESS THAN 10 MILES AN HOUR. THE INDIVIDUAL CELLS RACING EAST AROUND 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WERE LOCATED ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF CLARKSBURG. ANOTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES WEST OF TERRA ALTA. THESE STORMS WILL CROSS EASTERN MARION... EASTERN TAYLOR AND MOST OF CENTRAL PRESTON COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MILES AN HOUR DURING THE PAST HOUR. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM... SEEK SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM PASSES. MEDLIN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:53 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
WVZ002>009-012-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 753 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA... AT 745 THIS EVENING...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA INDICATED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE EXITING TUCKER AND PRESTON COUNTIES OF THE NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. ANOTHER TRAILING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN WEST UNION AND CLARKSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL CROSS INTO GRANT COUNTY OF THE EASTERN WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE DURING THE NEXT HOUR. CURRENTLY...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ITS EYE ON A NEW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ...CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL REACH NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA FROM WHEELING TO PARKERSBURG BETWEEN 9 AND 10 O'CLOCK THIS EVENING. MEDLIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Muskingum | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 9:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | RLX | Athens | 40 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.