Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1992, 9:44 PM EDT for Venango County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Venango County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 337 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KERI 140144
SVRERI
PAC121-140245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
944 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
VENANGO
AT 940 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
VENANGO COUNTY DURING THE NEXT HOUR.
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, 3 hours 37 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.
KAPELASpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 6:42 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 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 59 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
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 9:16 PM EDT, 28 minutes before
OHZ002-003-004-011-140215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 915 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992 AT 910 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER SOUTHERN HURON AND SOUTHERN LORAIN COUNTIES...AND ALSO OVER GEAUGA AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN MANY REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THESE STORMS. HOWEVER THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONFIRMED REPORTS OF THEM TOUCHING DOWN. SOME OF THE SHOWERS HAVE PRODUCED BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...INCH IN A HALF HOUR....DARKENING THE SKIES AND REDUCING VISIBILITIES. WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH IN SOME STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM FOR LAKE AND ASHTABULA COUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 9:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 56 min |
| Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mercer | 60 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 |
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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.