Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 1992, 2:51 PM EDT for Elk County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 15, 1992, 2:51 PM EDT (18:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 1992, 5:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Elk County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 582 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 151854 FFWERI PAC047-152100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 251 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ELK COUNTY WEATHER RADAR AT 250 PM SHOWED HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING ACROSS MUCH OF ELK COUNTY IN THE TOWNS OF ST MARYS AND RIDGWAY. AS MUCH AS TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF ELK COUNTY THIS MORNING AND DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. ELK CREEK IN THE VICINITY OF ST MARYS WAS REPORTED NEAR FLOOD STAGE. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADWAYS AND BASEMENTS. 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 zTO 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
Local storm report, Jul 15, 11:11 AM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1045AM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
720-800 PM LORAIN/SHEFFIELD LAKE/WELLINGTON (LORAIN COUNTY)
TREES DOWN IN MANY AREAS..DAMAGE ESPECIALLY HEAVY
IN AVON LAKE...CEI REPORTED GUSTS TO 90 MPH.
724-815 PM CUYAHOGA COUNTY...HEAVY DAMAGE TH;ROUGHOUT COUNTY.
60TO 70 MPH WINDS COMMON. TREES..UTILITY LINES DOWN..
MANY HOMES DAMAGED..TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON LAKESHORE BLVD..
MORE THAN 50,000 CEI CUSTOMERS WITHOUT POWER.. SOME FOR
OVER 6 HOURS.
816 PM CHARDON/NEWBERRY/BURTON (GEAUGA COUNTY).. NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES DOWN. FARM BUILDINGS DAMGED.
825 PM LITCHFIELD (MEDINA COUNTY).. LARGE TREES AND UTILITY LINES
DOWN.
832 PM KIRTLAND HILLS/MENTOR ON LAKE (LAKE COUNTY)
LARGE TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN. SOME BUILDING
DAMAGE ALSO REPORTED.
845 PM WINDSOR/ORWELL AREAS (ASHTABULA COUNTY)
LARGE TREES AND UTILITY LINES DOWN.
ALL OF THIS DAMAGE OCCURED TUESDAY EVENING JULY 14 1992.
CORRECTION TO ADD ASHTABULA COUNTY REPORT AND DATE OF EVENTS.
MILLERSpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 12:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ003-004-152000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1224 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SECTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SPECIFICALLY IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM BRADFORD SOUTHWEST THROUGH THE TOWNS OF TIONESTA...OIL CITY... FRANKLIN...STONEBORO AND MERCER. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME STREET AND BASEMENT FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS AREA...BUT STREAMS ACROSS VENANGO AND FOREST COUNTIES WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS FALLING CONTINUE TO BE WELL BELOW BANKFULL AT THE PRESENT TIME. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR CORRY IN ERIE COUNTY...SOUTH TO NEAR STONEBORO IN MERCER COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE AFFECTED AREAS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE OHIO/PENNSYLVANIA STATE LINE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO OCCAISIONALLY HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS OF STREAMS OR RAODWAYS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHERE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ARE OCCURRING...AVOID DRIVING THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS WATER MAY COLLECT RAPIDLY ON ROADWAYS CAUSING YOUR VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE. LAMBERT/PARRISH
Local storm report, Jul 15, 1:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
114 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR ADDITIONAL REPORTS FOR JULY 13 1992
TIME EDT EVENT
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918 PM ELECTRIC COMPANY REPORTS TREES...LARGE LIMBS DOWN 1 MILE
SOUTHEAST OF EDINBORO IN SOUTH CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY.
1000 PM LARGE TREE LIMBS/POWER LINES DOWNED SOUTH OF FRANKLIN
IN VENA`NGO COUNTY. POWER OUTAGES IN THE FRANKLIN AREA.
THESE REPORTS ARE AN ADDITION TO THE PREVIOUS JULY 13 REPORTS...
WSO ERILocal storm report, Jul 15, 1:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
123 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
STORM REPORTS FOR TUESDAY JULY 14, 1992
TIME EDT EVENT
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750 PM NUMEROUS TREES/LARGE LIMBS DOWNED NEAR MIDDLEBORO IN
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY.
905 PM NUMEROUS TREES/LARGE LIMBS DOWNED IN THE PYMATUNING
RESERVOIR AREA OF WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BLOCKING
SOME SECONDARY ROADS.
WSO ERI, PASpecial weather statement, Jul 15, 2:15 PM EDT, 36 minutes before
PAZ003-004-152300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 208 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS UNTIL 4PM THIS AFTERNOON... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CAMERON AND POTTER COUNTIES IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TIL 7PM THIS EVENING... MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA...SPECIFICALLY IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM BRADFORD SOUTH THROUGH THE TOWNS OF RIDGWAY AND DUBOIS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO EMBEDDED WITHIN THIS AREA OF RAIN NEAR PORT ALLEGANY AND RIDGWAY. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME STREET AND BASEMENT FLOODING THROUGHOUT THIS AREA...BUT STREAMS ARE STILL WELL BELOW BANKFULL. WEATHER RADAR SHOWS THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST OF WARREN...SOUTH TO NEAR CLARION IN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THE ENTIRE AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF IN THE AFFECTED AREAS DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON...WHILE AREAS FURTHER TO THE EAST NEAR WEEDVILLE EMPORIUM...COUDERSPORT AND GALETON MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO OCCAISIONALLY HEAVY RAIN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. RELAY ANY FLOODING REPORTS OF STREAMS OR ROADWAYS ALONG WITH REPORTS OF STRONG DAMAGING WIND OR LARGE HAIL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WHERE HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING ARE OCCURRING...AVOID DRIVING THROUGH LOW LYING AREAS AND DRIVE WITH CAUTION AS WATER MAY COLLECT RAPIDLY ON ROADWAYS CAUSING YOUR VEHICLE TO HYDROPLANE. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND THE TELEPHONE. LAMBERT/PARRISH
Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:43 PM EDT, 8 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
243 PM EDT WED JUL 15 1992
TORNADO REPORTS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO FOR THE EVENING
OF JULY 12TH...
0730 PM EDT ERIE COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN (F2) SOUTH OF SANDUSKY
ALONG BOGART AVE BETWEEN HWYS 4 AND 250. AT LEAST 10
HOMS DESTROYED ALONG WITH OUTBUILDINGS/SMALL BARNS. HUGE
DEBRIS FIELD SPREAD OUT TO NORTH OF BOGART AVE. DAMAGE
PATH ABOUT 400 YDS WIDE AND NEARLY 2 MILES LONG.
0805 PM EDT LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN (F1) IN AMHERST ON WEST
AND SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN HWY 2 AND I-80/90. NUMEROUS LARGE
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. MANY HOMES DAMAGED. DAMAGE
PATH VARIED FROM 100 TO 400 YDS IN WIDTH AND WAS ABOUT
2 MILES LONG.
0850 PM EDT LORAIN COUNTY...TWO TORNADOES (F0 AND F2)TOUCHED DOWN ON
SOUTHEAST SIDE OF LAGRANGE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AT LEAST
8 HOMES. SEVERAL SHEDS DESTROYED. UTILITY TRUCK OVERTURNED
AND DAMAGED. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YDS WIDE AND 1.75 MILES LONG.
KAPELAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 59 min |
| Jul 14, 8:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 41 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.