Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 1:56 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 18, 1992, 1:56 AM EDT (05:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 18, 1992, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 180559 SVRERI PAC049-180700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 156 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ERIE COUNTY AND AJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS WEATHER RADAR AT 155 AM EDT SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. 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. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, Jun 17, 9:55 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before
OHZALL-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 955 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST OF A SANDUSKY-DAYTON LINE AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DAYTON...TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY AND LIMA. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM THE ISLANDS WEST UNTIL 11 PM EDT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1030 PM EDT. AT 945 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE HURON...ACROSS THE DETROIT AREA...TO NEAR TOLEDO...TO FORT WAYNE TO WEST CENTRAL INDIANA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. BY 11 PM THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE...EAST OF TOLEDO TO NEAR LIMA AND WEST OF DAYTON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND EVEN A FEW TORNADOES THIS EVENING OVER MICHIGAN AND INDIANA. AS OF 930 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN OHIO. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ACROSS ALL OF OHIO SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST AND CAUSE AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE AROUND 70. THE CAUSE OF THIS WEATHER IS A COLD FRONT THAT WILL SLOW DOWN AS IT MOVES INTO THE STATE THURSDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS WILL BE 80 TO 85. SKIES WERE PARTLY SUNNY TODAY WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN OHIO. HIGHS RANGED FROM THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S. THE WARMEST WERE 91 AT DAYTON AND TOLEDO. WINDS WERE GUSTY FROM THE SOUTH AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS. THIS EVENING BEFORE THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO OHIO SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY WITH GUSTY SOUTH WINDS. AROUND SUNSET THE WINDS GUSTED TO 44 MPH AT THE TOLEDO AIRPORT. GUSTS TO 35 MPH WAS REPORTED IN DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND. A FEW REPORTS OF TREE LIMBS AND POWERLINES DOWN IN THE CLEVELAND AND HURON CITY AREAS WERE REPORTED IN THE EVENING BECAUSE OF THE WINDS. ON THE EVENING WEATHER MAP A COLD FRONT EXTENDED FROM WISCONSIN ACROSS MISSOURI TO TEXAS. THE FRONT WILL MOVE INTO OHIO THURSDAY. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 10:45 PM EDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
OHZ001-002-005-010-180400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1045 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE WATCH IS ROUGHLY WEST OF A SANDUSKY-DAYTON LINE AND INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DAYTON...TOLEDO...DEFIANCE...FINDLAY AND LIMA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON...LUCAS AND PAULDING COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1115 PM EDT AND VAN WERT COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM EDT. AT 1045 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ONTARIO...ACROSS THE TOLEDO AREA TO NORTHWEST OF FINDLAY TO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM ISLANDS. TO EAST OF FINDLAY AND WELL WEST OF DAYTON. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH CLEVELAND AFTER 2 AM AND COLUMBUS AFTER 3 AM. AT 943 PM THE WINDS GUSTED TO 60 MPH IN FAYETTE OF FULTON COUNTY WEST OF TOLEDO. AT 1010 PM EDT 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...DOWNED TREES AND DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DELTA OF FULTON COUNTY...25 MILES WEST OF TOLEDO. AROUND 1020 PM THE WINDS GUSTED TO 55 MPH AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ACROSS ALL OF OHIO SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBSERVED. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:51 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
PAZ001-002-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1149 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST INTO THE NORTHERN WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... WEATHER RADAR AT 1140 PM SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG IN INTENSITY MOVING INTO THE NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN PORTION OF LAKE ERIE. THE NORTHERN PART OF THE LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT AROUND 50 MPH WHILE THE SOUTHERN PART OVER WESTERN LAKE ERIE WAS ADVANCING AT ONLY 10-20 MPH. STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS. BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE SHOULD SEEKt SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. THE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF WESTERN NEW YORK STATE AROUND 1AM. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 11:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OHZ001-002-005-010-180500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 1150 PM EDT WED JUN 17 1992 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO AND CONTINUES TO INCLUDE A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 5 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED FOR EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM TOLEDO TO HURON UNTIL 1 AM EDT. SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SOME COUNTIES OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. AT 1145 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ONTARIO...ACROSS WESTERN LAKE ERIE TO FINDLAY AND LIMA AND INTO CENTRAL INDIANA. THE SPEED OF MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS IS AROUND 25 MPH. BY 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM THE HURON...50 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND TO EAST OF FINDLAY AND LIMA TO EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA AND ACROSS ALL OF OHIO SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER IS OBZSERVED. KIELTYKA
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 12:57 AM EDT, 59 minutes before
PAZ001-002-180700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1250 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING RAPIDLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL WATERS OF LAKE ERIE... WEATHER RADAR AT 1245 AM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF LONG POINT CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CLEVELAND OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANY BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE OR PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD BE SEEKING SAFE HARBOR. THE STORMS WILL MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERdIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN NEW YORK BETWEEN 1:30 AND 2:30 AM. LAMBERT/PAONE/HALFAST
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:48 AM EDT, 8 minutes before
PAZ001-002-180900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 148 AM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS APPROACHING THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... WEATHER RADAR AT 145 AM SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LONG POINT CANADA...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF UP TO 55 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. ANY BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE OR PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD BE SEEKING SAFE HARBOR. IN YOUR HOME STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND CLEAR OF ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. THE SAFEST PLACE INSIDE A HOME DURING THUNDERSTORMS IN INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT. THE STORMS WILL MOVE THRU ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND ADJACENT SECTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN NEW YORK BETWEEN 2:00 AND 3:00 AM. LAMBERT/PAONE/HALFAST
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.