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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Charleston, WV

June 18, 1992Delaware County, Marion County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 7:37 PM EDT for Delaware County, Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 7:37 PM EDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Charleston, WV
Area
Whole counties

Counties Delaware County, OH, Marion 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 112 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 1992-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 1992-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 182338
TORCMH
OHC041-101-190030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
737 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S...
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...DELAWARE COUNTY...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM EDT SHERIFFS AND FIRE DEPRTMENTS REPORTED A TORNAO TOUCHDOWN
NEAR RADNOR IN NORTHWEST DELAWARE COUNTY. THE TORNADO WAS REPORTED TO
BE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 3O MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
 
LVW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, WV issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXUnion65 min
Jun 18, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningRLXMadison64 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.