Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT for Lawrence County, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1993, 8:10 PM EDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1993, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lawrence County, PA, Mercer County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 1989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1152 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 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 KYNG 280017 COR FFWYNG PAC073-085-280215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 817 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY AT 808 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHERN MERCER COUNTY AND EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NORTHERN LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SPOTTERS REPORTED NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 545 PM BETWEEN WEST MIDDLESEX AND MERCER. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. MITCHELL $$ ...CORRECTED WARNINfG TYPE...
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, Aug 27, 6:33 PM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 633 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1993 FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AT 628 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF MERCER IN MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL EXIT MERCER COUNTY BY 645 PM EDT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA BY 650 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KUBINA
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 633 PM EDT FRI AUG 27 1993 FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR MERCER COUNTY IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. AT 628 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED FIVE MILES NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF MERCER IN MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL EXIT MERCER COUNTY BY 645 PM EDT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF MAHONING COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL EXIT THE YOUNGSTOWN AREA BY 650 PM EDT. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KUBINA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 8:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lawrence | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 10:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lawrence, Mercer | 3 hr |
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.