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Tornado Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 1992Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Aug 8, 1992, 7:19 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1992, 7:19 PM EDT (23:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1992, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Lawrence County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 262 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 243 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
262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
615 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
243 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KYNG 082320
TORYNG
PAC073-090000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
719 PM EDT SAT AUG 8 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM EDT THE PULASKI TOWNSHIP FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED A TORNADO
ON THE GROUND. THE MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH. TAKE SHELTER IF YOU
ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 4:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie57 min
Aug 8, 5:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie56 min
Aug 8, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford69 min
Aug 8, 6:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie60 min
Aug 8, 6:50 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford3 hr
Aug 8, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEVenango55 min
Aug 8, 7:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELawrence, Mercer68 min
Aug 8, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford65 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.