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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Charleston, WV

February 19, 1992Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Feb 19, 1992, 12:31 AM EST for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 1992, 12:31 AM EST (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 1992, 1:30 AM EST
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

County Licking County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 00:00Z on 1992-02-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 234 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 00:00Z on 1992-02-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 190539 COR
TORCMH
OHC089-190630-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING..CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
1237 AM EST WED FEB 19 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......

IN CENTRAL OHIO

   ...LICKING COUNTY

AT 1225 AM LICKING COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD JUST
SOUTH OF NEWARK MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS
STORM HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVED THROUGH
FRANKLIN COUNTY.

THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CENTRAL PART OF LICKING COUNTY BY 130
AM... AND THE CITIES OF NEWARK AND HEATH ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM.


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.

..CORRECTED FOR TIME OF REPORT...

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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.