Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 1994, 12:42 AM EDT for 4 counties in Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1994, 12:42 AM EDT (04:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1994, 4:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Crawford County, PA, Forest County, PA, Venango County, PA, Warren County, PA
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 730 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KERI 140442 FFWERI PAC039-049-053-083-121-123-140800- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1242 AM EDT TUE JUN 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS EXTENDED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING NOW EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 AM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...CRAWFORD COUNTY...ERIE COUNTY...FOREST COUNTY ...MCKEAN COUNTY...VENANGO COUNTY...WARREN COUNTY APPROXIMATELY 2.5-3.5 INCHES OF RAIN FROM HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY EVENING HAS LEFT MANY CREEKS AND STREAMS NEAR BANKFUL AND RISING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF URBAN AND LOW-LYING FLOODING AS WELL AS SOME SMALL DAMS NEAR CAPACITY. AS THE RAINFALL RUNOFF CONTINUES TO COLLECT IN THESE AREAS...THE THREAT FOR FURTHER FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE EVEN THOUGH LITTLE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. BELK/NRS
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, Jun 13, 9:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 1045 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM NORTHERN OHIO INTO PENNSYLVANIA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED JUST NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR MINERVA...SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF LAKE ERIE ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE YOUNGSTOWN AND CANTON AREA COULD STILL BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO HAS DIMINISHED BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 9:52 PM EDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RIPLEY NEW YORK UNTIL 1045 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN THIRD OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM. AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST FROM NORTHERN OHIO INTO PENNSYLVANIA. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED JUST NORTH OF YOUNGSTOWN. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED NEAR MINERVA...SOUTHEAST OF CANTON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF LAKE ERIE ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHERN INDIANA. ALL OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH. ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP ACROSS THE YOUNGSTOWN AND CANTON AREA COULD STILL BECOME STRONG...WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO HAS DIMINISHED BUT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1055 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM LORAIN TO PAINESVILLE UNTIL 11:45 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OHIO HAS EXPIRED. AT 1055 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE NORTH OF LORAIN AND CLEVELAND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO NEAR LIMA AND WEST ACROSS INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF LORAIN WELL OUT OVER THE LAKE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. SOME AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WINDS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
OHZ001>050-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1055 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE ERIE FROM LORAIN TO PAINESVILLE UNTIL 11:45 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OHIO HAS EXPIRED. AT 1055 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT CLEVELAND SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKE ERIE NORTH OF LORAIN AND CLEVELAND EXTENDING SOUTHWEST ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO NEAR LIMA AND WEST ACROSS INDIANA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTH OF LORAIN WELL OUT OVER THE LAKE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO WEAKEN AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THE REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. SOME AREAS WILL SEE ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF WINDS TO 40 KNOTS AND SMALL HAIL OVER CENTRAL LAKE ERIE. KOSARIK
Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:53 PM EDT, 49 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-008-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1152 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNIGN REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING ERIE...CRAWFORD...WARREN...MCKEAN ...FOREST AND VENANGO COUNTIES... AS OF 1150 PM EDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED AN ESTIMATED 2.5-3.5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVAN .ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PAST...THE THREAT OF FLOODING LCONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN REPORTED AFFECTING LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS STATE HIGHWAYS. SEVERAL DAMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR CAPACITY. THE HAMLIN LAKE PARK DAM ON MARVIN CREEK...SOUTHWEST OF SMETHPORT IN MCKEAN COUNTY...IS PARTICULARLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THE EARTHEN DAM COULD FAIL SHOULD WATER RISE ANOTHER 1-2 FEET. FAILURE OF THIS DAM COULRESULT IN 3-5 FEET OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER IN THE TOWN OF SMETHPORT... DOWNSTREAM TO FARMER'S VALLEY...CORRYVILLE AND ELDRED. RESIDENTS IN THE COMMUNITIES SHOULD PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO WATER LEVELS THROUGH THE MOR NHOURS AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE QUICKLY. TRAVELERS SHOULD ALSO EXCERCISE CAUTION AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED. FLOODED ROADS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE DURING THE NIGHT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT...THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP AND TOO SWIFT TO ALLOW YOU TO PASS SAFELY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS FLOODING SITUATION. BELK/LAMBERT &
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 12:06 AM EDT, 36 minutes before
PAZ001-002-003-004-005-008-009-140445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA 1205 PM EDT MON JUN 13 1994 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDING ERIE...CRAWFORD...WARREN...MCKEAN ...FOREST AND VENANGO COUNTIES... AS OF 1150 PM EDT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DUMPED AN ESTIMATED 2.5-3.5 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS PAST...THE THREAT OF FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING HOURS. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FLOODED ROADS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN RECEIVED...AFFECTING LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS STATE HIGHWAYS. SEVERAL DAMS ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR CAPACITY AS WELL. THE HAMLIN LAKE PARK DAM ON MARVIN CREEK...SOUTHWEST OF SMETHPORT IN MCKEAN COUNTY...IS PARTICULARLY A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS THE EARTHEN DAM COULD FAIL SHOULD WATER RISE ANOTHER 1-2 FEET. FAILURE OF THIS DAM COULD RESULT IN 3-5 FEET OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER INTO THE TOWN OF SMETHPORT...DOWNSTREAM TO FARMER'S VALLEY...CORRYVILLE AND ELDRED. RESIDENTS IN THESE COMMUNITIES SHOULD PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO WATER LEVELS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE QUICKLY. TRAVELERS SHOULD ALSO EXCERCISE CAUTION AS MANY ROADS ARE FLOODED. FLOODED ROADS ARE DIFFICULT TO SEE DURING THE NIGHT. DO NOT TRY TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS IN YOUR CAR OR ON FOOT...THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP AND TOO SWIFT TO ALLOW YOU TO PASS SAFELY. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER LOCAL NEWS SOURCES FOR FURTHER UPDATES CONCERNING THIS FLOODING SITUATION. BELK/LAMBERT CORRECTION FOR GARBLING OF MESSAGE &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Forest, Venango | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 9:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lawrence | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 12:42 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | McKean | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Forest, McKean, Venango, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:00 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 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.