Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1989

Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 1989Ashtabula County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1989-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 458 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 1989-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
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

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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.
 
ECKERT

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, 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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 12:28 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit2 hr
Jun 4, 12:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood2 hr
Jun 4, 2:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood67 min
Jun 4, 4:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHenry, Lucas, Putnam, Wood4 hr
Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain4 hr
Jun 4, 5:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron4 hr
Jun 4, 5:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky2 hr
Jun 4, 6:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie2 hr
Jun 4, 6:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina2 hr

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.