Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 1992, 6:32 PM EDT for Indiana County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 1992, 6:32 PM EDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 1992, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
County Indiana County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 136 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 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 202235 FFWPIT PAC063-202330- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA ISSUED BY ERIE PA 632 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA ...INDIANA COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWESTERN INDIANA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF STRONG DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood 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, Jul 20, 2:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
PAZ001>006-013>015-WVZ001-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 8 PM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 210 PM EDT MON JUL 20 1992 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 800 PM FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA ALLEGHENY...ARMSTRONG...BEAVER...BUTLER...CAMERON...CLARION... CLEARFIELD...CLINTON...CRAWFORD...ELK...ERIE...FOREST...INDIANA... JEFFERSON...LAWRENCE...MCKEAN...MERCER...POTTER...VENANGO...WARREN... WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CAUSE POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LAND FLOODING. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. STAIRS/HIGGINS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clarion, Jefferson | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 5:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Butler | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler | 62 min |
| Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Clarion | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Beaver | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 58 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.