Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1992, 12:35 AM EDT for Forest County, Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 1992, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Forest County, PA, Venango County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 310442 FFWERI PAC053-121-310730- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1235 AM EDT FRI JUL 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...FOREST COUNTY...VENANGO COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 1230 AM SHOWED A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN COVERING MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN LOCATED FROM NORTH OF FRANKLIN IN VENANGO COUNTY...EAST THROUGH THE TOWN OF TIONESTA IN FOREST COUNTY. THE PRECIPITATION CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS ALONG WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS WILL LIKELY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. LAMBERT
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 30, 7:20 PM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
OHZALL-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 720 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF OHIO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST UNTIL 10 PM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO FROM ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO TOLEDOS EASTERN SUBURBS...TO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. OTHER...LESS INTENSE...STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF OHIO. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE A THREAT TO ABOUT THE EASTERN THREE FOURTHS OF OHIO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE THE BAND. NO CONFIRMED SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO BETWEEN 615 PM AND 715 PM...BUT BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OCCURRED EARLIER. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF EXTREMELY RAINS. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON DARKE COUNTY...WERE UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 550 PM AND 640 PM. v OHIOANS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT NEED TO BE READY FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS THAT MIGHT TRIGGER FLOODING. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
OHZALL-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF OHIO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST UNTIL 10 PM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO FROM ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO TOLEDOS EASTERN SUBURBS...TO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. OTHER...LESS INTENSE...STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF OHIO. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE A THREAT TO ABOUT THE EASTERN THREE FOURTHS OF OHIO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE THE BAND. NO CONFIRMED SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO BETWEEN 615 PM AND 715 PM...BUT BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OCCURRED EARLIER. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON DARKE COUNTY...WHERE UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 550 PM AND 640 PM. OHIOANS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT NEED TO BE READY FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS THAT MIGHT TRIGGER FLOODING. KWIATKOWSKI CORRECTED WORDI|NG SIXTH PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:18 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
OHZ004-007-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 915 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 9 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GARRETSVILLE IN PORTAGE COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH WOOSTER AND MANSFIELD AND THEN SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF COSCHOCTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE JUST NORTH OF AKRON AND NEAR MANSFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 845 PM A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED THREE FEET OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF RT 53 AND RT 183... JUST SOUTH OF ALLIANCE IN STARK COUNTY. A CAR WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. BETWEEN 7PM AND 9PM...MANY REPORTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER SUMMIT...STARK AND PORRTAGE COUNTIES WERE RECEIVED. OHIOANS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND HAVE A PLACE OF SAFTEY IN MIND IN CASE OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. ALTO
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
OHZALL-310300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 925 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ALL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES FOR OHIO WILL BE CANCELED OR ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 920 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT AFFECTED OHIO DURING THE EVENING WERE WEAKENING. AS A RESULT...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE UNLIKELY IN THE BUCKEYE STATE TONIGHT AFTER 10 PM. HOWEVER...OHIO WILL STILL BE VISITED BY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT...AND SOME OF THEM MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT...ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN MANY SPOTS. OHIOANS SHOULD RbEMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING AND BE READY TO MOVE PROPERTY TO HIGH GROUND. < KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 10:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-310400 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1002 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 955 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AND HOUR. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. ALSO HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LOWLAND FLOODING AND FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 400 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 11:09 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-310500 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1101 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... HEAVY RAIN IS DEVELOPING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. AT 1055 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN VENANGO AND EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 400 AM FRIDAY MORNING. SANDSTROM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 56 min |
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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.