Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT for McKean County, Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1992, 8:28 PM EDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1992, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McKean County, PA, Warren County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 846 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.1
- Supercell composite
- -1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 210032 FFWERI PAC083-123-210230- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 828 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...MCKEAN COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS WARREN AND MCKEAN COUNTIES CAUSED MANY SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN PITTSFIELD...YOUNGSVILLE...SHEFIELD...AND RUSSELL. WEATHER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW STEADY RAIN FALLING ACROSS MCKEAN AND WARREN COUNTIES. THIS WILL CAUSE MORE FLOODING OVER GROUND THAT IS ALREADY SATURATED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
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, 3:07 PM EDT, 5 hours 21 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, 5 hours 21 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, 2 hours 17 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, 2 hours 8 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...
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 6:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
OHZALL-210100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 645 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON...IRONTON...STEUBENVILLE...AND ZANESVILLE. AT 640 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND SOUTHERN OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN A LINE FROM NEAR WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA TO ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. THIS LINE WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH. AT THIS RATE...IT WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OHIO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO FOR THE HOUR ENDING AT 645 PM. HOWEVER THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...OR HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MIGHT CAUSE PONDING OF WATER. PEOPLE IN THEIR PATH SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR SUCH CONDITIONS AND HAVE A PLACE OF SAFETY IN MIND IF THE WEATHER TURNS THREATENING. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:26 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
OHZALL-210200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 725 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 720 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THAT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO EARLIER IN THE EVENING WERE STARTING TO WEAKEN. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED THERE TONIGHT. HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS COULD STILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN SOME AREAS. KWIATKOWSKI
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1:29 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Warren | 4 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.