Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1989, 8:17 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 1989, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1989, 12:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KCLE 040018
FFWCLE
OHC007-040415-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
817 PM EDT JUN 3 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...ASHTABULA
SINCE EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN OHIO. THIS AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING OUT OF EXTREME
NORTHEAST OHIO... BUT MORE RAIN WAS TO THE SOUTHWEST.
SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS WILL HAVE HIGH WATER PROBLEMS THROUGH
THE EVENING HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
ECKERTWhat 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, 6:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
648 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989
AT 642 PM THE MAHONING COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A REPORT OF
HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL NEAR CRAIG BEACH WHICH IS IN
THE LAKE MILTON AREA OF MAHONING COUNTY. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
30 MPH.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA TILL MIDNIGHT. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
DOXEY
[Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 703 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR THE EXTREME EASTERN COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS NEW WATCH INCLUDES THE CITIES OF YOUNGSTOWN... STEUBENVILLE AND MARIETTA. ALSO... WE HAVE CANCELLED THE TORNADO WATCH WEST OF A LINE FROM TOLEDO TO CELINA. THE TORNADO WATCH IS STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH ELEVEN TONIGHT. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT. TREMENDOUS RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN OHIO DURING THE PAST FEW HOURS. AMOUNT RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST TO AN INCH OR TWO IN THE EXTREME NORTHEAST. AT 655 THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO. A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM NORTH OF AKRON TO MARIETTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MPH. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS... THEN LATER TONIGHT MAJOR RIVERS IN NORTHERN OHIO COULD GO ABOVE FLOOD. PERSONS LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP A VERY CLOSE EYE ON WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGH GROUND QUICKLY. PERSONS ACROSS ALL... BUT EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD ALSO KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SA FETY IF SEVERE WEATHER STRIKES. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:21 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 720 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR ASHLAND...CRAWFORD... AND RICHLAND COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 720 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING TO THE EAST OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. RADAR STILL SHOWED SOME LIGHT RAIN OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO BUT THIS SHOULDN'T POSE ANY PROBLEM FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO. BANYAS
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:30 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 730 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 ..THE TORNADO AND FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED.. AT 725 PM EDT... WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS HAD DEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF DETROIT BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS NEW AREA AND NONE IS EXPECTED. EVEN THOUGH THE FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN C-ANCELLED PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA SHOULD KEEP A WATCH ON NEARBY RIVERS AND STREAMS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS EVENING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. COVERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:35 PM EDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 735 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1989 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR THE PART OF OHIO NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHWEST OF YOUNGSTOWN TO JUST NORTH OF MANSFIELD TO CELINA. CITIES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS LINE ARE STILL UNDER A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 1100 PM EDT. ALSO... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES INTO EFFECT FOR EXTREME EASTERN OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. CITIES IN THIS WATCH ARE YOUNGSTOWN... STEUBENVILLE AND MARIETTA. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 745 PM EDT. LATE THIS AFTERNOON RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COVERING MOST OF OHIO. DRY AREAS WERE OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER AND OVER EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY REPORTS OF ROADS UNDER WATER AND UNDERPASSES FLOODED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. RIVERS AND STREAMS WERE RISING FAST. PERSONS ACROSS ALL... BUT THE EXTREME NORTH TO NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP A WEATHER EYE TO THKE SKY. BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IS SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. ECKERT
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:47 PM EDT, 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 746 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989 AT 740 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM CONNEAUT TO YOUNGSTOWN AND CONTINUING SOUTH TO ZANESVILLE IN EASTERN OHIO. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF WATER PONDING ON ROADWAYS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. MOTORISTS SHOULD PROCEED WITH CAUTION. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAZST AT 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. DOXEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 12:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 12:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 67 min |
| Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron | 4 hr |
| Jun 4, 5:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 2 hr |
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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.