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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 15, 1989Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1989-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

SJN

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, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 5:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage61 min
Nov 15, 6:00 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake4 hr
Nov 15, 6:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull60 min

Nearby

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

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.