Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1992, 8:22 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1992, 8:22 PM EDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1992, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lawrence County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1144 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 172 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 5.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KYNG 110023 SVRYNG OHC029-PAC073-110100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 822 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...LAWRENCE COUNTY AT 820 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF NEW CASTLE PENNSYLVANIA TO JUST EAST ALLIANCE OHIO. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE NEW CASTLE AND LISBON AREAS BY 835 PM. 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. MITCHELL
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, Jul 10, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 718 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL BUT NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS... DAYTON...SPRINGFIELD...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...ATHENS...IRONTON... CAMBRIDGE...MARIETTA...PORTSMOUTH...CLEVELAND...AKRON...MANSFIELD AND YOUNGSTOWN. WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 715 PM CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED OVER ALL BUT NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN LORAIN COUNTY WEST OF CLEVELAND...AND IN RICHLAND COUNTY JUST SOUTH OF MANSFIELD. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT AROUND 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE WATCH AREA...KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON THE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PARTAIN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 715 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE SOUTHERN TWO THIRDS OF OHIO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE NORTHEAST AREA OF OHIO ALSO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM. RADAR AT 7 PM INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM VERMILLION EAST TO MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST CELLS WERE INDICATED OVER ERIE...LORAIN...NORTHERN SUMMIT AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES IN OHIO. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WERE INDICATED OVER ASHLAND...MORROW AND DELEWARE COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. DEGAN CORRECTED FOR ERRORS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. RLB
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:28 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 728 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 715 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FUR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:30 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 728 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 715 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THNDERSTORM IN SOUTHWEST TRUMBULL COUNTY. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN NORTH CENTRAL LAWRENCE COUNTY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH AND SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED@ TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FUR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. MITCHELL ...CORRECTED FOR WATCH EXPIRATION TIME...
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:59 PM EDT, 23 minutes before
OHC005-033-083-117-139-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 759 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW AND RICHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8PM EDT. AT 75045 PM EDT NATION WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CLEVLAND AND AKRON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD TO 20 MILES SOUTH WEST OCOLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT RICHLAND COUTY BY 815 PM... BUT NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PEOPLE SHOULzD BE PREARED TO SEEK SHELTER. CURRY NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 8:03 PM EDT, 19 minutes before
OHC005-033-083-117-139-110100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 800 PM EDT FRI JUL 10 1992 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 10 PM EDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MORROW AND RICHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 8PM EDT. AT 750 PM EDT NATION WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN CLEVLAND AND AKRON. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED FROM 15 MILES EAST OF MANSFIELD TO 20 MILES SOUTH WEST O OLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT RICHLAND COUTY BY 815 PM... BUT NEW DEVELOPMENT COULD OCCUR. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREARED TO SEEK SHELTER. CURRY ...CORRECTED TYPO... NNNN
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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.