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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

July 13, 1992Hancock County, West Virginia

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 7:44 PM EDT for Hancock County, West Virginia. It was in force for 61 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1992, 7:44 PM EDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1992, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, WV

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 1992-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 1992-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
576 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 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 KPIT 132343
TORPIT
PAC003-007-WVC029-140045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
744 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ALLEGHENY COUNTY...BEAVER COUNTY
 
 
IN THE WEST VIRGINIA PANHANDLE
 
   ...HANCOCK COUNTY
 
AT 740 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO MOVING INTO HANCOCK COUNTY WE
VIRGINIA. THE TORNADO IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE
INTO BEAVER AND ALLEGHENY COUNTIES BY AROUND 8 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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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.