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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Charleston, WV

August 8, 1992Licking County, Ohio

NWS Charleston, WV issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1992, 7:29 PM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1992, 7:29 PM EDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1992, 8:30 PM EDT
In force
61 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 12:00Z, 11.5 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 916 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1992-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
916 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCMH 082330
TORCMH
OHC089-090030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBUS OH
729 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN COLUMBUS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...LICKING COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM EDT THE STATE HIGHWAY PATROL REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS WEST OF
UTICA AND ALONG STATE ROUTE 13 NEAR ST LOUISVILLE MOVING EAST AROUND
45 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.
 
RH

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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.