Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 1989, 9:22 PM EDT for Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 1989, 9:22 PM EDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 1989, 11:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington 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
Huntington/Tri S, WV (KHTS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 3575 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 203 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCAK 060123
FFWCAK
OHC167-060330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
922 PM EDT AUG 5 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...WASHINGTON
FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST OHIO. BETWEEN 8 AND 9PM RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE AND
ONE HALF INCHES WERE REPORTED JUST NORTH OF MARIETTA.
NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE CLOSED. FOUR FEET OF
WATER IS OVER STATE ROUTE 550 WEST OF MARIETTA.
SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE TRAPPED IN THEIR HOMES 3 MILES WEST
OF MARIETTA.
STATE ROUTE 60 HAS BEEN CLOSED BY A LANDSLIDE.
AT 915PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAD
MOVED EAST INTO WEST VIRGINIA. HOWEVER..MODERATE RAINFALL CAN
BE EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
THOMPSONWhat 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 5, 5:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 505 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO MERCER COUNTY OF WESTERN
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:09 PM EDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 505 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO MERCER COUNTY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. PEOPLE IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA SHOULD KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE COVER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOP. SWM
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 5:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
514 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WYANDOT COUNTY UNTIL
10 PM EDT.
AT 510 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED NO ACTIVITY OVER WYANDOT
COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP TO THE SOUTH AND WERE MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH...AWAY FROM WYANDOT COUNTY.
ELH
[Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:02 PM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 555 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF NORTH-CENTRAL OHIO...RICHLAND...CRAWFORD... MORROW AND KNOX. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 MIDNIGHT FOR ASHLAND COUNTY. AT 555 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME SOUTHERN MORROW COUNTY. THEY WERE\ MOVING EASTSOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE MAIN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDS FROM JUST SOUTH OF MORROW COUNTY ACROSS COLUMBUS TO CINCINNATI. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 734 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN OHIO. AT 730 PM RADAR INDICATED A GROUP OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES SOUTH OF ZANESVILLE OHIO TO BEVERLY OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. PERSONS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY OF OHIO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR HAIL, HIGH WINDS, OR HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME URBAN FLOODING. EJH
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 753 PM EDT SAT AUG 5 1989 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT... AND A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. AT 745 THIS EVENING WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM WHEELING... WEST VIRGINIA TO SARAHSVILLE... MARIETTA AND WEST UNION. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. SOME RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM CENTRAL OHIO WERE AN INCH AND FOUR-TENTHS AT CLARKSBURG AND AN INCH AND THREE-QUARTERS IN GRANVILLE... IN ONE HOURS. ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES FELL IN WESTERVILLE... NORTHEAST OF COLUMBUS... IN 20 MINUTES. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS... AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. URBAN FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. OHIOANS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. ECKERT ...CORRECTED HEADER...
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 8:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Washington | 58 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.