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Tornado Warning 58, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 21, 1992Lawrence County, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this tornado warning at Sep 21, 1992, 7:33 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Mercer County, Pennsylvania; Mahoning County, Ohio. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 1992, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 1992, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 1992-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 1992-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
795 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 212334
TORYNG
OHC099-PAC073-085-220015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
733 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY
 
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO REPORTS OF POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS. THE FIRST IS
NEAR SHEAKLEYVILLE IN MERCER COUNTY. THIS REPORT WAS A POSSIBLE
TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH. PEOPLE WHO LIVE EAST
OF SHEAKLEYVILLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION.
 
ALSO A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED NEAR STATE ROUTE 11 AND WESTERN
RESERVE ROAD IN MAHONING COUNTY. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BOARDMAN..POLAND
AND THE WESTERN PART OF LAWRENCE COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE
ACTION.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMjENT.  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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 3:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
PAZ001-002-2015-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
307 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

...MORE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE...

AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT
EXTENDED FROM LONG POINT CANADA TO CONNEAUT OHIO.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE DURING
THE NEXT HOUR...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS.

TJP
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
PAZ001-002-004-212115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
405 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE BETWEEN 330
AND 400 PM EDT PRODUCED UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THE
ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED .44 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN FIFTEEN MINUTES.
...BRINGING THE DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL TO 1.18 INCHES.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN TO ERIE WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY
BETWEEN 415 PM AND 500 PM EDT.  PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR VERYH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.

THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON
ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS.
TJP
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 5:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
OHZ002-003-004-212215-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
510 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

AT 5 PM EDT CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS.  SOME
STREET FLODDING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITIES OF LORAIN AND ELYRIA AROUND
5 PM THIS AFTERNOON.  WINDS WERE ALSO GUSTING TO AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES BETWEEN 515 PM AND 6 PM.  BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME
STREET FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 5:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
OHZ004-007-220100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
540 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROAMING PARTS OF NORTHEAST
OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 535 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS OVER WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT...AND PORTAGE COUNTIES
OF NORTHEAST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT
WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS
OF 35 TO 45 MPH. INTENSE AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS
ALSO BEEN OBSERVED WITH SROME OF THESE STORMS.

PEOPLE IN WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT...AND PORTAGE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN
ALET FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-220000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
625 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST
OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 620 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENVILLE PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST TO THE COLUMBIANA
AND STARK COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF
SHARON PENNSYLVANIA AND TO THE WEST OF SALEM OHIO.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS
MAY OCCUR THAT COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 7:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELawrence, Mercer4 hr
Sep 21, 6:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana, Mahoning33 min
Sep 21, 7:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit3 hr
Sep 21, 7:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEColumbiana4 hr

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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.