Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1992, 6:27 PM EDT for Cameron County, Elk County, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1992, 6:27 PM EDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cameron County, PA, Elk County, PA, McKean County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1178 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 224 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 202230 FFWERI PAC023-047-083-210130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 627 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...CAMERON COUNTY...ELK COUNTY...MCKEAN COUNTY HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING HOURS OVER THE WARNED AREAS... FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN THE KANE AREA IN MCKEAN COUNTY...ALSO THE SOUTHERN BRANCH OF THE KINZUA CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA AND MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY REACH BANKFULL THIS EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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 20, 1:13 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
PAZOO1-002-201900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 105 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 1PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY...NEW YORK STATE TO JUST SOUTH OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS THAT DEVELOPED JUST SOUTH OF ERIE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. THE AIR OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA HAS BECOME VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNING FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TJP/RAR
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
OHZ004-007-202030- SPEACIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OHIO 305 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT. OVER EASTERN OHIO THIS WOULD BE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE-70. SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE AKRON...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN... MANSFIELD...NEW PHILADELPHIA...CAMBRIDGE...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE... AND CLEVELAND AT 3PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED THROUGHOUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM AROUND THE AKRON AREA WEST TO MANSFIELD. AT 225 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT...AND AT 235 PM DIME SIZE HAIL...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS REPORTED ABOUT 3 MILES NORTH OF THE AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT. AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME...WIND GUST TO 32 MPH WAS OBSERVED AT THE AKRON-CANTON AIRPORT. RADAR ALSO INDICATED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS OVER COSCHOCTON COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL PRODUCE SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS... AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. ALTO
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 3:07 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-202030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 308 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING... AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ACROSS MERCER COUNTY IN PENNSYLVANIA WEST INTO MAHONING COUNTY IN OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED WEST OF THE CITY OF YOUNGSTOWN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. AT 255 PM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH IN THE CANFIELD AND AUSTINTOWN AREAS. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT YOUNGSTOWN UNTIL 345 PM. LISTEN TO NOAA WE ATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MITCHELL
Local storm report, Jul 20, 6:11 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 610 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 400 PM EDT TYPE OF EVENT.. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN STARK COUNTY. LINES DOWN OVER NORTHERN STARK COUNTY (WHIPPLE RD)... NORTH SIDE OF LOUISVILLE AND MARLBORO TOWNSHIP. STARK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS MOST LINES DOWN BECAUSE OF WINDS AND TREE BRANCHES ON WIRES. INJURIES.. NONE DEATHS.. NONE ALTO
Local storm report, Jul 20, 6:20 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 616 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 400 PM EDT TYPE OF EVENT.. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN STARK COUNTY. LINES DOWN OVER NORTHERN STARK COUNTY (WHIPPLE RD)... NORTH SIDE OF LOUISVILLE AND MARLBORO TOWNSHIP. STARK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS MOST LINES DOWN BECAUSE OF WINDS AND TREE BRANCHES ON WIRES. SEVERAL LARGE TREES REPORTED DOWN ALONG WACKERLY DRIVE IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP AT 400 PM. (STARK COUNTY) REPORT RECEIVED FROM JACKSON TOWNSHIP POLICE AT 615 PM INJURIES.. NONE DEATHS.. NONE ALTO ...ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 2:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Venango, Warren | 65 min |
| Jul 20, 3:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lawrence | 61 min |
| Jul 20, 5:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Forest, Venango, Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1992Every flash flood 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.