Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1992, 5:57 PM EDT for Warren County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 1992, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 1992, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Warren County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 022204 SVRERI PAC123-022300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 557 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...WARREN COUNTY AT 550 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THNUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SOUTHEAST ERIE COUNTY TO WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR WHILE THE THUNDERSTORMS CELLS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WARREN COUNTY OVER THE NEXT HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES IN SOUTHEAST ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERYB 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, May 2, 4:13 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-022115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 412 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. AT 410 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM SANDUSKY TO TIFFIN TO NEAR LIMA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER SENECA COUNTY NEAR TIFFIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO WYANDOT COUNTY BY 430 PM. ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 410 PM... THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CALL YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY Y!OUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. MURPHY
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:22 PM EDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
OHZ011-006-022130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 420 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CRAWFORD...RICHLAND... MORROW...KNOX AND ASHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM EDT. TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTH CENTRAL OHIO LATE THIS AFTERNOON. AT 415 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE FIRST LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLEVELAND...SOUTH TO MANSFIELD AND FURTHER SOUTHWEST TO MT GILEAD. THE SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE STRONGER AND WERE LOCATED ON A LINE FROM HURON SOUTH TO UPPER SANDUSKY AND SOUTHWEST TO NEAR DAYTON. ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE EFFECTING THE MANSFIELD AREA AROUND 5 PM EDT. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING; WEATHER CONDITIONS. BRILLHART
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PAZ001-02-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 440 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9PM EDT... AT 435 PM EDT ERIE WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM CONNEAUT OHIO TO SANDUSKY OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE AND CONTAIN WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH WESTERN OHIO IS PRODUCING THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. STAYED TO TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNING. TJP/NS/JRH
Special weather statement, May 2, 4:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 451 PM EDT SAT MAY 2 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9 PM AND EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEYS. AT 450 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THE FRST WAS FROM CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD TO COLUMBUS AND THE SECOND WAS ABOUT 25 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE FIRST LINE. THE LINES OF STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL ENTER NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 510 PM AND WILL BE NEARING WARREN BY 530 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MITCHELL/SITES
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:04 PM EDT, 53 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 502 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM... AT 450 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM ERIE PENNSLYVANIA TO AKRON TO WOOSTER TO COLUMBUS TO DAYTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING 45 MILES AN HOUR TO THE EAST AND SHOULD REACH THE CANTON WITH THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL THREE-QUARTTERS OF AN INCH OR GREATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KINSELLA
Special weather statement, May 2, 5:09 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
OHZ004-007-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 502 PM EDT SAT MAY 02 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM... AT 450 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WIDE WITH ITS LEADING EDGE FROM ERIE PENNSLYVANIA TO AKRON TO WOOSTER TO COLUMBUS TO DAYTON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD REACH THE CANTON WITH THE HOUR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MILES AN HOUR...BUT THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL THREE-QUARTTERS OF AN INCH OR GR"EATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNING KINSELLA ...CORRECTED WORDING AND PUT IN AN EXPIRATION TIME...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 5:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 62 min |
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.