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Tornado Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 1992Mercer County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1992, 9:19 PM EDT for Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1992, 9:19 PM EDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1992, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Mercer County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 767 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
767 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1469 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 150120
TORYNG
PAC085-150200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
919 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...MERCER COUNTY
 
AT 915 PM A FIRE OFFICIAL REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD SOUTH OF
GREENVILLE. THIS FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH TOWARDS
FREDONIA.
 
 
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.
 
APFEL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie59 min
Jul 14, 8:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie67 min
Jul 14, 9:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMercer57 min
Jul 15, 2:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEElk2 hr

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.