Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 67 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1992, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1992, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:50 PM EDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Erie, PA |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 732 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 150041 SVRERI PAC039-049-150145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 838 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...ERIE COUNTY AND AJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS AT 835 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVER LAKE ERIE NORTH OF CONNEAUT OHIO SOUTHWARD INTO ASHTABULA COUNTY...THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND THE ADJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS AROUND 900 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 14, 2:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
OHZALL-142000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 250 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY... FOSTORIA...FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...AND NORWALK. A WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS AREA FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND TORNADOES ARE ONE OF MOTHER NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A HOME OR A BUILDING GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT THEN GO TO AN INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST LEVEL...USUALLY A CLOSET OR BATHROOM. IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME ABANDON IT AND GO TO A STRONGER BUILDING IF YOU HAVE TIME. OTHERWISE GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 3:54 PM EDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
OHZALL-142100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 355 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA ARE TOLEDO...LIMA...FINDLAY... OTTAWA...FOSTORIA...FREMONT...PORT CLINTON...AND NORWALK. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST OHIO. AT 350 PM SATELLITE PICTURES AND RADAR COMPOSITES SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN AND NORTHEAST INDIANA TO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST OHIO AT AROUND 430 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREAS SHOULD BE ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP RAPIDLY...AND TORNADOES ARE ONE OF MOTHER NATURES MOST VIOLENT STORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ALSO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS. THE RAINFALL FROM THE PAST COUPLE NIGHTS HAS MADE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES OR A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A HOME OR A BUILDING GO TO THE BASEMENT. IF THERE IS NO BASEMENT THEN GO TO ANR INTERIOR ROOM IN THE LOWEST LEVEL. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTDOORS GET INTO A DITCH OR REVINE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND STATEMENTS. SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:30 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
PAZ002>004-142200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 422 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...ANOTHER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA JUST WEST OF WATERFORD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE AIR OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE...SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADAR FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. PAONE/PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 4:37 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
PAZ001>004-142200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 430 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FORMING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 415 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ONE CELL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST WARREN COUNTY...ANOTHER WAS LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA JUST WEST OF WATERFORD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THEY WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE AIR OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS VERY WARM AND UNSTABLE...SO MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE SO STAYED TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING. PAONE/PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 6:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-014-150000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 610 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA UNITL MIDNIGHT EDT... AT 610 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT STRETCHED FROM THE WESTERN SHORE OF LAKE ONTARIO TO LONG POINT CANADA AND THEN CONTINUED WESTWARD TO CENTRAL LAKE ERIE. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND IS FORECAST TO REACH THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE BETWEEN 730 PM AND 800 PM EDT. OTHER THUNDERSTORM CELLS WERE SEEN OVER NORTHWEST MCKEAN COUNTY OF PENNSYLVANIA.THESE ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING COULD BECOME SEVERE AND CONTAIN DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...LARGE HAIL ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. IF THREATENING WEATHER DOES MOVE INTO YOUR AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHILE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING. IF A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR COUNTY...GO INTO YOUR BASEMENT OR SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM OF YOUR HOME. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES OR POSSIBLE WARNING. PAONE/PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 7:58 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
OHZ004-007-150045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 758 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992 A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN OHIO NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70 UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR ALL BUT SOUTHEAST OHIO. AT 755 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLEVELAND SOUTHWEST TO DAYTON. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO SUMMIT...WAYNE... AND HOLMES COUNTIES BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM. VERY HEAVY RAINS...WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL BE EXPERIENCED AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. THOMPSON
The 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, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 9:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mercer | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:51 PM 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.