Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Pittsburgh, PA
NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1992, 9:44 PM EDT for Armstrong County, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1992, 9:44 PM EDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1992, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pittsburgh, PA
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Armstrong County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Washington/Dulle, VA (KIAD), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 252 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1185 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPIT 140143 TORPIT PAC005-129-140245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 944 PM EDT MON JUL 13 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST PENNSYLVANIA ...ARMSTRONG COUNTY...WESTMORELAND COUNTY AT 940 PM RADAR SHOWED THE DAMAGING STORM WHICH STILL MAY HAVE A TORNADO MOVING EASTWARD OUT OF ALLEGHENY AND BUTLER COUNTIES INTO SOUTHERN ARMSTRONG COUNTY. EXTREME NORTHWESTERN WESTMORELAND COUNTY...THE NEW KENSINGTON AND VANDERGRIFT AREAS...MAY BE HIT BY THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:46 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Allegheny, Beaver, Butler | 59 min |
| Jul 13, 10:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Butler, Clarion | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:32 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | PBZ | Indiana | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 10:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Jefferson | 96 min |
| Jul 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Armstrong, Butler, Clarion | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 11:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Clearfield, Indiana, Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:31 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PBZ | Cambria, Indiana, Westmoreland | 59 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.