Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1992, 10:59 PM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports 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
- Jun 18, 1992, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Erie County, PA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 11:05 PM EDT | Hail 0.75 | Erie, PA | |
| Jun 18, 11:12 PM EDT | Hail 1 | 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, 3.0 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
- 290 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 190301 SVRERI PAC049-190400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1059 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ERIE COUNTY AND AJACENT LAKE ERIE WATERS WEATHER RADAR AT 1059 PM ALONG WITH SPOTTER REPORTS CONTINUE TO INDICATE SEVERE THUNERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN ERIE COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE WATERFORD...NORTHEAST AND THE CITY OF ERIE. 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. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDE,RSTORMS CAN AND OCCAISIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING.
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 18, 9:16 PM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-190500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 915 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 910 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ERIE PENNSYLVANIA THROUGH CLEVELAND TO AROUND MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL ENTER NORTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 930 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO AND INTO WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PGENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT FRIDAY MORNING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA AS THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS. APFEL
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PAZ001-002-190300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 912 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 ...STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... WEATHER RADAR AT 910 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF LONGPOINT CANADA SOUTHWEST TO NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO. THE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...FREQUENT DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLE LARGE HAIL. THE STORMS HAVE SLOWED THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT TO 15 MILES AN HOUR...AND THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE 1 TO 2 HRS. THE STRONGER STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...FUNNEL CLOUDS...AND BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS. BOAT OPERATORS ON LAKE ERIE ARE ADVISED TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IMMEDIATELY. PERSONS OUTDOORS IN THE PATH OF THESE STOR(MS SHOULD TAKE COVER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING...INSIDE AN INTERIOR ROOM OR BASEMENT. LAMBERT/PAONE/PARRISH
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
OHZ004-007-180800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OHIO 910 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO ...THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND A PART OF WESTERN PENNSLYVANIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT. AT 900 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVER LAKE ERIE...THROUGH CLEVELAND TO FREDRICKTON TO WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER LORAIN COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ARKON/CANTON AND ZANESVILLE AREA BY 1015 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. MOTORISTS NEEUD TO BE CAREFUL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. BE READY TO MOVE TO TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 9:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
OHZ004-007-180800 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OHIO 910 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO ...THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND A PART OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT. AT 900 PM RADAR WAS SHOWING A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVER LAKE ERIE...THROUGH CLEVELAND TO FREDERICKTON TO WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE OVER LORAIN COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ARKON/CANTON AND ZANESVILLE AREAS BY 1015 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE CAREFUL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. BE READY TO MOVE TO TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. IK ..CORRECTED TYPOS...
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:03 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZ004-007-190300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OHIO 1002 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO ...THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND A PART OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT. AT 10:00 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO WOOSTER TO ZANESVILLE TO CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTH-EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ARKON/CANTON AND ZANESVILLE AREAS BY 1030 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE CAREFUL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. BE READY TO MOVE TO TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. IK
Special weather statement, Jun 18, 10:08 PM EDT, 51 minutes before
OHZ004-007-190300 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OHIO 1002 PM EDT THU JUN 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF OHIO ...THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA AND A PART OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1 AM EDT. AT 10:00 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM ERIE PENNSYLVANIA TO WOOSTER TO ZANESVILLE TO CHILLICOTHE. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST-NORTH-EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER NORTHWESTERN WAYNE COUNTY. THIS LINE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ARKON/CANTON AND ZANESVILLE AREAS BY 1030 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING LOTS OF LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. MOTORISTS NEED TO BE CAREFUL. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TV FOR THE LATEST WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS. BE READY TO MOVE TO TO A SAFE PLACE QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS. IK ...CORRECTED WORDING IN SECOND PARAGRAPH...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 9:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 66 min |
| Jun 18, 11:42 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie | 58 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.