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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 84, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 9:04 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report 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: Jul 13, 1992, 9:04 PM EDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 1992, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 13, 9:48 PM EDT	Hail 0.75	Crawford, 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

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 288 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 559 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KERI 140104
SVRERI
PAC049-039-140200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
904 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
      ERIE...CRAWFORD

AT 900 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ERIE
COUNTY ENTERING CRAWFORD COUNTY.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED WIND
GUSTS UP TO 60 MILES AN HOUR NEAR WEST SPRINGFIELD AND ALBION AND
ARE ACCOMPANIED BY INTENSE LIGHTNING.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.  MOTORISTS SHOULD AVOID LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER.  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

Local storm report, Jul 13, 6:07 PM EDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
607 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

TORNADO REPORTS IN NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO FOR THE EVENING
OF JULY 12TH...

0740 PM EDT    ERIE COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN SOUTH OF SANDUSKY ALONG
               BOGART AVE BETWEEN HWYS 4 AND 250. AT LEAST 10 HOMES
               DESTROYED ALONG WITH OUTBUILDINGS/SMALL BARNS. HUGE
               DEBRIS FIELD SPREAD OUT TO NORTH OF BOGART AVE. DAMAGE
               PATH ABOUT 400 YDS WIDE AND NEARLY 2 MILES LONG.

0805 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TORNADO TOUCHDOWN IN AMHERST ON WEST AND
               SOUTH SIDES BETWEEN HWY 2 AND I-80/90. NUMEROUS LARGE
               TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED. MANY HOMES DAMAGED. DAMAGE
               PATH VARIED FROM 100 TO 400 YDS IN WIDTH AND WAS ABOUT
               2 MILES LONG.

0850 PM EDT    LORAIN COUNTY...TWO TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN ON SOUTHEAST
            SIDE OF LAGRANGE. SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO AT LEAST 8 HOMES.
            SEVERAL SHEDS DESTROYED. UTILITY TRUCK OVERTURNED AND
            DAMAGED. NUMEROUS LARGE TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
            DAMAGE PATH WAS 200 YDS WIDE AND 1.75 MILES LONG.

KAPELA

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PAZ002-132330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
636 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM HEADING TOWARD CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 630 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
ASHTABULA COUNTY...OHIO.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 TO
40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN
PENNSYLVANIA SHORTLY.

AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR...
IT WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE WIND
GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.

TJP

Special weather statement, Jul 13, 7:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

OHZ002-003-140145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
744 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992

AT 740 PM CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA
WERE FROM ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF CLEVELAND TO ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF
FAIRPORT HARBOR.

THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ABOUT 30 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE
ONSHORE FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA EAST TO ASHTABULA BETWEEN 8 PM AND 9
PM.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.

PEOPLE ALONG LAKE ERIE'S SHORELINE FROM THE CLEVELAND AREA EAST SHOULD
BE ALERT TO THE CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING.  A SPECIAL
MARINE WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT ON LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO
RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 9 PM EDT.

WCR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mercer	60 min
Jul 13, 9:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Venango	61 min
Jul 13, 10:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Lawrence	40 min
Jul 13, 10:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Mercer	51 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1992 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.