Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1989, 3:23 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 3:23 PM EDT (19:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1989, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood 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
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1983 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, Jun 3, 1:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
117 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO FULTON COUNTY. AT 115 PM EDT
SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM AS IT WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
ELH
$ [Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:41 PM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 141 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO LUCAS, HENRY AND PUTNAM COUNTIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN SOUTHWEST THROUGH FULTON, HENRY, DEFIANCE, PUTNAM AND PAULDING COUNTIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 30 MPH. ONE EIGHTH INCH DIAMETER HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 5PM EDT. WATCH OUT FOR FLOODING IN THESE AREAS AND KEEP TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. ELH F
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 255 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO AND THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 500 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO FROM 300 PM EDT UNTIL 800 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 220 THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM AND FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS TO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STREET FLOODING OCCURED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CROSSED NORTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE HIT NORTHWESTERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOOON AND EVENING. THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE. PEROUTKA
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 155 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO AND THE WESTERN BASIN OF LAKE ERIE UNTIL 500 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO FROM 300 PM EDT UNTIL 800 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 220 THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND WOOD COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM AND FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BROUGHT SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS TO NORTHWESTERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. SOME STREET FLOODING OCCURED WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CROSSED NORTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS HAVE HIT NORTHWESTERN OHIO WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS WEATHERQ THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE. PEROUTKA CORRECTED TIME IN THE HEADER.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:39 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 239 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST 3/4 OF OHIO UNTIL ELEVEN TONIGHT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITES OF CLEVELAND... AKRON... COLUMBUS... ZANESVILLE... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES ALL OF LAKE ERIE. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO UNTIL FIVE THIS EVENING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 220 THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO VERMILION. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315. CURRENT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRON TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE ERIE'S WESTERN BASIN TO NEAR CINCINNATI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH HENRY COUNTY A BARN WAS DESTROYED A HALF MILE SOUTH OF HOLGATE. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN MANY AREAS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER INDIANA AND MOVING EAST BEHIND THE FIRST LINE. THESE WILL MOVE INTO OHIO SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST ONE. THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLED WITH THE STORM IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND QUICKLY IF STREAMS OR RIVER START RISING. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:49 PM EDT, 34 minutes before
CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 249 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE NORTHWEST 3/4 OF OHIO UNTIL ELEVEN TONIGHT. THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE CITES OF CLEVELAND... AKRON... COLUMBUS... ZANESVILLE... DAYTON AND CINCINNATI. THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES WATERS OF LAKE ERIE WHICH ADJOIN OHIO. A SECOND TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF OHIO UNTIL FIVE THIS EVENING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT. A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING WILL IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 410 THIS AFTERNOON FOR LAKE ERIE FROM MAUMEE BAY TO CLEVELAND. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMS COUNTY UNTIL 315. CURRENT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LAKE ERIE'S WESTERN BASIN TO NEAR CINCINNATI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH HENRY COUNTY A BARN WAS DESTROYED A HALF MILE SOUTH OF HOLGATE. SMALL HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED IN MANY AREAS OF NORTHWEST OHIO. OTHER STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER INDIANA AND MOVING EAST BEHIND THE FIRST LINE. THESE WILL MOVE INTO OHIO SHORTLY AFTER THE FIRST ONE. THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLED WITH THE STORM IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST INDIANA. PEOPLE ACROSS ALL OF OHIO WILL HAVE TO KEEP A WATCH FOR DANGEROUS WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE AIR IS BECOMING MORE UNSTABLE STATEWIDE...AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE DAY IS DONE. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND QUICKLY IF STREAMS OR RIVER START RISING. FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS IS LIKELY AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS. PEROUTKA CORRECTED AREAS FOR TORNADO WATCH AND SPECIAL MARINE WARNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:07 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Henry | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 2:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 3:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 54 min |
| Jun 3, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca, Wyandot | 41 min |
| Jun 3, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 65 min |
| Jun 3, 6:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 65 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.