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Flash Flood Warning 83, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 22, 1992Elk County, Forest County, McKean County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 1992, 2:15 AM EDT for Elk County, Forest County, McKean County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 1992, 2:15 AM EDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 1992, 5:15 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Elk County, PA, Forest County, PA, McKean County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KERI 220615
FFWERI
PAC053-083-047-220915-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
215 AM EDT TUE SEP 22 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
      FOREST...MCKEAN...ELK

AT 2 AM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL HAD INCREASED
IN INTENSITY ACROSS PORTIONS OF FOREST...ELK...AND MCKEAN COUNTIES
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.  THIS HEAVY RAIN COMBINED WITH EARLIER
RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLOODING.

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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOOD WATERS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...
ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

 SANDSTROM

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, Sep 21, 10:08 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1008 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1992

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
2018  EDT    ROUTE 27 FLOODED OVER AND CLOSED IN GUYS MILLS...CRAWFORD
             COUNTY.

2020  EDT    STEET FLOODING IN FRANKLIN...VENANGO COUNTY.

2042  EDT    1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES IN TITUSVILLE...CRAWFORD COUNTY.

2050  EDT    ROUTE 77 CLOSED IN CORRY...SPARTANSBURG AREA...EASTERN ERIE
             AND CRAWFORD COUNTY.

2053  EDT    STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN EASTWOOD AND TOWNVILLE...CRAWFORD
             COUNTY.
2120   EDT    SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN FRANKLIN/OIL CITY AREA...VENANGO
              COUNTY.

2138    EDT   FLOODING REPORTED IN THE BEAR LAKE AREA...NORTHWEST
              WARREN COUNTY.

2145    EDT   FLOODING REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 6 IN THE WAAREN AREA...WARREN
              COUNTY.

2153    EDT    ROADS CLOSED IN SUGARGROVE...NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY.

Local storm report, Sep 21, 10:23 PM EDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
1021 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

STORM REPORTS FOR MONDAY SEPTEMBER 21 1992

TIME  EDT    EVENT
.........................................................................
2018  EDT    ROUTE 27 FLOODED OVER AND CLOSED IN GUYS MILLS...CRAWFORD
             COUNTY.

2020  EDT    STEET FLOODING IN FRANKLIN...VENANGO COUNTY.

2042  EDT    1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES IN TITUSVILLE...CRAWFORD COUNTY.

2050  EDT    ROUTE 77 CLOSED IN CORRY...SPARTANSBURG AREA...EASTERN ERIE
             AND CRAWFORD COUNTY.

2053  EDT    STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN EASTWOOD AND TOWNVILLE...CRAWFORD
             COUNTY.
2120  EDT    SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN FRANKLIN/OIL CITY AREA...VENANGO
              COUNTY.

2138   EDT   FLOODING REPORTED IN THE BEAR LAKE AREA...NORTHWEST
             WARREN COUNTY.

2145   EDT   FLOODING REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 6 IN THE WAAREN AREA...WARREN
             COUNTY.

2153   8EDT   ROADS CLOSED IN SUGARGROVE...NORTHERN WARREN COUNTY.

2218   EDT   FLOODING REPORTED ALONG ROUTE 426 NEAR SPRINGCREEK...WARREN
             COUNTY.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 21, 8:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Venango, Warren	4 hr
Sep 21, 8:10 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	4 hr
Sep 22, 11:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Elk	2 hr

Nearby

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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.