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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 15, 1989Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 15, 1989, 10:00 PM EST for Ashtabula County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 1989, 10:00 PM EST (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 1989, 1:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake 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 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 1989-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1989-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1081 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 6:25 PM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CORRECT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
610 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

AT 605 PM EST RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM GENEVA TO
AKRON CANTON AIRPORT. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH...AND WILL
MOVE INTO THE YOUNGSTOWN WARREN AREA ABOUT 7PM.

AT 550 PM EST A THUNDERSTORM PASSED THRU THE AKRON CANTON
AIRPORT IN NORTH CANTON OHIO. WIND GUST OF 55 MPH WAS REPORTED
WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS FRONT. SEVERALQ REPORTS OF SMALL HAIL
WERE ALSO REPORTED NEAR CANAL FULTON OHIO.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL
9PM.

MILLER
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 6:43 PM EST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
645 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 630 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
WERE MOVNING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE BUCKEYE STATE.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JEFFERSON IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE STATE TO NEAR YUNGSTOWN. ANOTHER SET OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM GRANVILLE TO LANCASTER IN CENTRAL OHIO.

OTHER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 100 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND TO WEST UNION IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

DURING THE PAST HOUR HEAVY RAINS HAVE PROMPTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD WARNINGS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES
AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE CANTON-AKRON
AIRPORT.

BE CAREFUL OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN FLASH FLmOOD PRONE AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

HEATHFIELD
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 6:50 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
645 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...A TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...

AT 630 PM INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
WERE MOVNING AT 45 MILES AN HOUR ACROSS THE BUCKEYE STATE.

THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM JEFFERSON IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER
OF THE STATE TO NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. ANOTHER SET OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
WAS LOCATED FROM GRANVILLE TO LANCASTER IN CENTRAL OHIO.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 100 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND TO WEST UNION IN SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO.

DURING THE PAST HOUR HEAVY RAINS HAVE PROMPTED URBAN AND SMALL STREAM
FLOOD WARNINGS IN NORTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MILES
AN HOUR WERE REPORTED AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED ACROSS THE CANTON-AKRON
AIRPORT.

BE CAREFUL OF RAPIDLY RISING WATER IN FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

CORRECTED SPELLING AND WORDING  3RD AND 4TH PARAGRAPHS

HEATH{FIELD
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:04 PM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
700 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA DURING THE
EVENING HOURS...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OUT OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND INTO NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA THROUGHOUT THIS EVENING.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL.
ALSO BE ON THE ALERT FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS THAT MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW
LYING AREAS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AND SMALL STREAMS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST RADAR REPORTS...ADDITIONAL
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SANDSTROM/PAONE
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 7:50 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
750 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM.

AT 740 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM
YOUNGSTOWN TO ZANESVILLE TO HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL REACH THE FAR SOUTHEAST
COUNTIES OF OHIO BETWEEN 830 AND 900 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO ALONG WITH SMALL
HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 100 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM 20 MILES EAST OF CLEVELAND TO 50 MILES WEST OF HUNTINGTON WEST
VIRGINIA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA
WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL STATIONS FOR FURTHUR STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

SJN
Special weather statement, Nov 15, 9:00 PM EST, 1 hour before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
900 PM EST WED NOV 15 1989

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST OHIO HAS EXPIRED.

AT 850 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG
THE OHIO RIVER FROM NEAR PITTSBURGH TO PARKERSBURG. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL BE OUT OF OHIO BY 10 PM.
ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS
ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 60 MPH.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED IN A 100 MILE WIDE BAND
FROM 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF CLEVELAND TO HUNTINGTON WEST VIRGINIA.
THIS BAND OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE EAST AND OUT OF THE STATE DURING
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

SJN

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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.