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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 9, 1992Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 9, 1992, 7:04 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1992, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Sep 9, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-09-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Sep 9, 4:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
OHZALL-092130-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
418 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO
UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH ARE DEFIANCE...FINDLAY...
LIMA...AND TOLEDO. THE WESTERN END OF LAKE ERIE IS ALSO
INCLUDED FROM THE ISLANDS WEST.

AT 415 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
ROAMING THE NORTHWEST AND NORTHCENTRAL PARTS OF OHIO...INCLUDING
THE ADJACENT WATERS OF LAKE ERIE. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE OVER LAKE ERIE JUST NORTH OF THE LORAIN AND CLEVELAND
AREA.

AT 345 PM EDT A WIND GUST OF 71 MPH WAS RECORDED AT THE LORAIN
LIGHTHOUSE. OTHERWISE ONLY BRIEF HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WAS IN EFFECT
FOR THE LAKE ERIE WATERS BETWEEN SANDUSKY AND FAIRPORT HARBOR
UNTIL 530 PM EDT.

SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DEVELOPING
AND MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE NORTHERN HALF OF OHIO THROUGH
1000 PM EDT. TORNADOES CAN QUICKLY FORM AS THE THUNDERSTORMS
UNDERGO EXPLOSIVE GROWTH. TAKE SHELTER WHEN THUNDERSTORMS
APPROACH YOU. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD
DUE TO HEAVY RAINS WHICH CAN QUICKLY FLOOD A LOW LYING AREA.

KAPELA
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
433 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST
OHIO.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
AT 410 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER PUTNAM...WOOD...HENRY...AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER HANCOCK COUNTY...
AND WILL MOVE SOUTH OF FINDLAY BY 500 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DRIVERS
SHOULD BEWARE OF WATER PONDING ON THE ROADWAYS.

rBARNES (CORRECTED FOR TURN-ON CODE)
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:57 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
455 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN
OHIO THIS LATE AFTERNOON.

RADAR AT 450 PM INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOUDEVNILLE
TO JUST SOUTH OF MEDINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
NIRTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS SYSTEM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE MANSFIELD
AREA.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE HIGHWAY PONDING OF
WATER.

MARTIN
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:58 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ004-007-092200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
455 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS AND GUSTY WINDS WERE MOVING INTO EASTERN
OHIO THIS LATE AFTERNOON.

RADAR AT 450 PM INDICATED A SHORT LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LOUDEVNILLE
TO JUST SOUTH OF MEDINA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SOME SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THIS SYSTEM AS IT PASSED THROUGH THE MANSFIELD
AREA.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING DRIVING CONDITIONS THIS
AFTERNOON RUSH HOUR BECAUSE THE HEAVY RAIN CAN CAUSE HIGHWAY PONDING OF
WATER.

MARTIN
CORRECTED TYPO.
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 5:06 PM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PAZ001-002-092300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
457 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992

...A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO RIPLEY...
...NEW YORK UNTIL 630 PM EDT...

...LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 500 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM PORT BURWELL ONTARIO...
SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL LAKE ERIE TO NEAR FAIRPORT HARBOR OHIO.

AT 345 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 71 MILES AN HOUR AS THIS LINE PASSED THE LORAIN
OHIO LIGHTHOUSE.

THIS LINE IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL REACH THE
PENNSYLVANIA WATERS OF LAKE ERIE AND THE ADJACENT LAKESHORE AROUND
600 PM.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY W INDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE
AREAS.

SMALL BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SAFE
HARBOR NOW.

PARRISH/LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 6:39 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
PAZ001-002-100000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
630 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
...INCLUDING ERIE..CRAWFORD AND VENANGO COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM...

AT 600 PM RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE CITY OF ERIE
SOUTHWARD TO EDINBORO IN SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY.  THESE ARE PART OF A LARGER
AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERIE COUNTY SOUTHWARD INTO
CRAWFORD COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EASTWARD AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH ARE CAUSING FLOODING ALONG ROADWAYS AND OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PARRISH/LAMBERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood46 min
Sep 9, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca43 min
Sep 9, 5:27 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWyandot48 min
Sep 9, 5:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake53 min
Sep 9, 5:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky36 min
Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron47 min
Sep 9, 5:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca46 min
Sep 9, 6:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain45 min
Sep 9, 6:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark67 min
Sep 9, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning55 min
Sep 9, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Medina52 min
Sep 9, 7:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning32 min
Sep 9, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie57 min
Sep 9, 7:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie3 hr

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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.