Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 1989, 5:42 PM EST for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 15, 1989, 5:42 PM EST (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 15, 1989, 8:45 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 587 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 KCLE 152242
FFWCLE
OHC035-093-103-150145-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
542 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...LORAIN...CUYAHOGA... AND MEDINA
HEAVY RAINS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING THROUGH PORTIONS OF NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO SINCE 4 PM TODAY. SEVERAL OBSERVERS REPORT RECEIVING
ONE-AND-ONE-HALF INCHES OF RAIN (1.5) IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD AND THAT ROADS
WERE COVERED WITH WATER AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS WERE OVERFLOWING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO kAREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADYWAY.
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.
SJNWhat 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, Nov 15, 3:18 PM EST, 2 hours 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 315 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING AND FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM... INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN OHIO WEST OF A LINE FROM SANDUSKY TO COLUMBUS TO 15 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. STORM ACTIVITY REPORTS DURING THE PAST HOUR INDICATE THAT THEY ARE PRODUCING PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN... INTENSE LIGHTNING... SMALL HAIL AND WINDS IN THE 30 TO 40 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. SOME FLOODING OCCURRED IN THE CINCINNATI AREA AND RUN OFF FROM THE AREAS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN SOUTHWEST OHIO FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE STORMS EASTWARD PROGRESS HAS SLOWED SOMEWHAT DURING THE PAST HOUR. BY 4 PM EST THE HEAVIEST STORMS SHOULD EXTEND FROM 30 MILES WEST OF CLEVELAND TO NEAR CLOUMBUS TO 20 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI. IF THREATENgING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:34 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 430 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING AND FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 900 PM. AT 415 PM EST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN OHIO 5 MILES EITHER SIDE OF A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS TO CHILLICOTHE TO WEST UNION. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED WEST OF THE LINE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BLEW A ROOF OFF A HOUSE IN UNION COUNTY AT 330 PM DURING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING. LARGE HAIL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY PROMPTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CLERMONT COUNTY IN SOUTHERN OHIO. THE LARGE HAIL SHOULD MOVE INTO CLERMONT COUNTY DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. OTHER STORMS ACROSS OHIO WERE PRODUCING DANGEROUUS LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND BY 530 PM THE MOST INTENSE ACTIVITY SHOULD EXTEND FROM THE EASTERN CLEVELAND SUBURBS TO NEWARK TO PORTSMOUTH. SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR OVERNIGHT IN SOUTHWEST OHIO AS HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:54 PM EST, 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
350 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989
AT 345 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO JUST EAST OF MANSFIELD OHIO TO COLUMBUS OHIO.
THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM AND FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM.
HEATH {Special weather statement, Nov 15, 4:55 PM EST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 352 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 AT 345 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CLEVELAND OHIO TO JUST EAST OF MANSFI%ELD OHIO TO COLUMBUS OHIO. THIS LINE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9PM AND FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM. HEATH
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:20 PM EST, 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 519 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 AT 515 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF CLEVELAND OHIO TO WOOSTER OHIO TO NEWARK OHIO. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 510 MPH REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN WOOSTER OHIO WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9PM AND BFOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM. HEATH
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 5:21 PM EST, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 519 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989 AT 515 PM EST AKRON CANTON RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF CLEVELAND OHIO TO WOOSTER OHIO TO NEWARK OHIO. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. SKYWARN OBSERVER AT 510 MPH REPORTED SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IN WOOSTER OHIO WITH THE PASSAGE OF A THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9PM AND CFOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO TILL 6PM. HEATH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 5:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 61 min |
| Nov 15, 6:00 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Nov 15, 6:45 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 60 min |
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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.