Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Sep 22, 1989, 6:23 PM EDT (22:23 UTC)

Expired

Sep 22, 1989, 8:30 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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OHC055-085-230030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
623 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 1989
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...GEAUGA...LAKE
 
HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN MOVING IN AND OUT OF LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES
SINCE FOUR O' CLOCK THIS AFTERNOON. BETWEEN 400 PM AND 615 PM
ONE-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN (1.5) WAS MEASURED IN PAINESVILLE.
WATER WAS COVERING ROADS THERE IN A FEW SPOTS.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.u  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.
 
PEROUTKA

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
615 PM EDT FRI SEP 22 1989

...REMANENTS OF HUGO MOVING TOWARDS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
...A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST...
...PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT...

AT 6 PM THE CENTER OF WHAT REMAINS OF HUGO WAS LOCATED AT LATITUDE
40.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 81.0 WEST...THIS POSITION IS IN EASTERN OHIO JUST WEST
OF PITTSBURGH AND THE OHIO RIVER.

HUGO IS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR ERIE COUNTY
AROUND 8PM THIS EVENING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS SO FAR HAVE BEEN OCCURRING IN
OHIO...21/2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN MEDINA OHIO BETWEEN 4 AND 530 PM WITH
3 INCHES REPORTED IN LICKING COUNTY EAST OF COLUMBUS.

JUST OVER A HALF INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AT THE ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
BETWEEN 400 AND 615 PM...NEARLY 11/2 INCHES OF RAIN IS NEEDED IN A 1 HOUR PERIODOR 21/2 INCHES IN 3 HOURS TO BEGIN FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT...HOWEVER SOME FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND
LOW LYING AREAS WILL BEGIN BEFORE THESE AMOUNTS ARE REACHED. DRIVERS SHOULD
USE CAUTION TONIGHT...ALONG WITH PONDING WATER ON THE ROADWAYS HEAVY RAINS
AND FOG WILL BE REDUCING VISIB<ILITIES...

FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED.

PARRISH

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1989Every flash flood warning in 1989

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.