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Tornado Warning 42, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 13, 1992Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 10:09 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 10:09 PM EDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 306 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 140210
TORYNG
PAC073-085-140300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1009 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY
 
AT 1000 PM EDT A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS REPORTED SOUTH OF THE YOUNGSTOWN
AIRPORT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE
STORM ARE WEST MIDDLESEX AND NEW CASTLE.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
SITES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie56 min
Jul 13, 9:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMercer60 min
Jul 13, 9:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEVenango61 min
Jul 13, 10:05 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELawrence40 min
Jul 14, 6:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.