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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 2, 1992Warren County, Pennsylvania

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 1992-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 5:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford62 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.