Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1989, 6:08 PM EDT for Fulton County, Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1989, 6:08 PM EDT (22:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1989, 8:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fulton County, OH, Lucas County, OH
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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
- 414 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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TTAA00 KTOL 192215 COR
FFWTOL
OHC051-095-200015-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
608 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...FULTON...LUCAS
HEAVY RAINS HAVE RETURNED ONCE AGAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. AT
608 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY
HEAVY RAINS OVER LUCAS AND FULTON COUNTIES. THE PRECIPITATION WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
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.
ELH (CORRECTED TO CHANGE OTTAWA COUNTY TO LUCAS COUNTY)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 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 233 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. AT 225 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING IN A LINE FROM ABOUT FORT WAYNE, INDIANA EAST NORTHEAST TO LAKE ERIE. ANOTHER LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST INDIANA NORTHEAST TO THE THUMB REGION OF MICHIGAN. FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE MID-AFTERNOON HOURS. MOVEMENT OF ALL THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER AND STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. ELH Z
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 306 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 302 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING OVER LUCAS COUNTY. AT 303 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPS. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THROUGH LUCAS COUNTY AND OUT OVER LAKE ERIE BY 330 PM EDT. VERY HEAVY RAINS, SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER AND STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. ELH
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 306 PM EDT MON JUN 19 1989 THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. AT 302 PM EDT HEAVY RAINS WERE FALLING OVER LUCAS COUNTY. AT 303 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AROUND 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE THROUGH LUCAS COUNTY AND OUT OVER LAKE ERIE BY 330 PM EDT. VERY HEAVY RAINS, SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA SEEK SHELTER AND STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS. ELH (CORRECTED TYPOS)
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 2 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.