Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 7:21 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 7:21 PM EDT (23:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1992, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crawford County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 1204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 682 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 272321
FFWERI
PAC039-280230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
721 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
CRAWFORD
ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY
VY RAINS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS 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 TO HIGHER GROUND.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
SANDSTROMWhat 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, Aug 27, 5:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
OHZ004-007-272225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 525 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 SOME THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING INTO SUMMIT COUNTY THIS LATE AFTERNOON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST SUMMIT COUNTY TO EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY. SOME OF THESE STORMS CONTAINED HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND BRIEF HIGH WINDS. ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND TO 60 MPH AS IT PASSED THROUGH ASHLAND EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. BE ON THE ALERT IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. DEGAN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OHZ004-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 545 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR EAST LIVERPOOL IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON FALLS IN TRUMBULL COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED BACK FROM SOUTH OF CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:39 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 634 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 630 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:40 PM EDT, 41 minutes before
PAZ001-002-280000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 639 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 630 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:18 PM EDT, 3 minutes before
OHZ002-004>008-010-011-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 718 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO FOR TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE FROM SANDUSKY BAY TO FAIRPORT HARBOR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES THIS EVENING CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE AT THE LORAIN COUNTY FAIR. MARBLE AND DIME SIZE HAIL WERE ALSO REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCURED IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS CLUSTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHI:O AFTER 9 PM. IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SJN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 0 minutes before
OHZ002-004>008-010-011-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 720 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO FOR TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE FROM SANDUSKY BAY TO FAIRPORT HARBOR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES THIS EVENING CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE AT THE LORAIN COUNTY FAIR. MARBLE AND DIME SIZE HAIL WERE ALSO REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCURED IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS CLUSTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL >AND NORTHEAST OHIO AFTER 9 PM. IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SJN ...CORRECTED HEADER EXPIRATION TIME...
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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.