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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 4, 1989Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1989, 12:28 AM EDT for Portage County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 1989, 12:28 AM EDT (04:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1989, 2:30 AM EDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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 KCAK 040431 COR
FFWCAK
OHC133-151-153-040630-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1228 AM EDT SUN JUN 4 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHEAST OHIO
          ...PORTAGE...STARK...SUMMIT

AT 1224 AM AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING THROUGH SUMMIT..STARK..AND PORTAGE COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS CAN BE
EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL BE EAST OF THE WARNING AREAS BY 130 AM.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
THOMPSON

...CORRECTED FOR SPELLING...

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, 8:57 PM EDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
857 PM EDT THU JUN 3 1989

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 11
PM EDT... AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR THE
EXTREME EAST UNTIL MIDNIGHT.

FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR COUNTIES IN EXTREME NORTHEAST
OHIO. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER NORTHERN OHIO... BUT STREAMS AND
CREEKS CONTINUE TO RISE.

EARLY THIS EVENING RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER EXTREME
NORTHEAST OHIO AND FROM JUST WEST OF MANSFIELD TO CINCINNATI. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE QUITE STRONG AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER.

PERSONS ACROSS OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER
THROUGH THIS EVENING AND INTO TONIGHT. BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY OR
HIGH GROUND RAPIDLY IF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING OCCURS.

ECKERT

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:03 PM EDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH
850 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

...TORNADO WATCH AND FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT.

AT 850 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ENTERING MORROW COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
ALSO BE ENTERING CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 9 PM EDT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS STILL HAVE THE CAPABILITY TO PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS AS THEY PASS OVERHEAD.

BANYAS
(CORRECTED TIME IN SECOND LINE)

Local storm report, Jun 3, 9:30 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
925 PM EDT SAT JUN 03 1989

STORM REPORTS...FOR SATURDAY JUNE 3, 1989
               ==========================
EDT:   EVENT

1810   ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS OF 40 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN AT NORTH SPRINGFIELD
       IN ERIE CO PA.   BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

1812   WIND GUST OF 41 KNOTS (47 MPH) AT WSO ERIE PA.

1845   POWER LINES AND LARGE TREES DOWN AT NORTH EAST IN ERIE CO. PA.
       ALSO SMALL HAIL.  WINDS ESTIMATED IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH.  BY LOCAL POLICE.

1845   HEAVY RAIN AT NORTH EAST IN ERIE CO. PA. MARBLE SIZE HAIL. RAINFALL
       IN EXCESS OF 1 1/4 IN PER HR.

1940   VERY HEAVY RAIN AND ESTIMATED WIND GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH AT SPARTANSBURG
       I,N CRAWFORD CO. PA.  SOME POWER LINES DOWN.  BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

1942    HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS ESTIMATED 40 TO 50 MPH AT
        COLUMBUS IN WARREN CO. PA.  TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
        BY SKYWARN SPOTTER.

REEDY

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:39 PM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY.

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL OHIO AND THE SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH FOR
EXTREME EASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY ASHTABULA COUNTY UNTIL 1215
AM EDT FRIDAY. FLASH FLOODING HAD ENDED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO...
BUT LARGER RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AT A SLOWER RATE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE CUYAHOGA
... CHAGRIN... HURON... BLANCHARD... MAUMEE... ST. JOSEPH AND TIFFIN
RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. THESE LARGER RIVERS WILL REACH CRESTS SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.
ACROSS SOUTERN OHIO THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL RUMBLING. RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER AND STREAMS
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AS WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HIGH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN OHIO NEED TO CONTINUE TO STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

ECKERT

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 10:12 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

CORRECTED SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1012 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR
EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 300 AM EDT SUNDAY.

THE TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL OHIO AND THE SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH FOR
EXTREME EASTERN OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELED.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ONLY ASHTABULA COUNTY UNTIL 1215
AM EDT SUNDAY. FLASH FLOODING HAD ENDED ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO...
BUT LARGER RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AT A SLOWER RATE
THROUGH TONIGHT.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE CUYAHOGA
... CHAGRIN... HURON... BLANCHARD... MAUMEE... ST. JOSEPH AND TIFFIN
RIVERS ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. THESE LARGER RIVERS WILL REACH CRESTS SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO THUNDERSTORMS WERE STILL RUMBLING. RADAR SHOWED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST
STORMS WERE IN EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER AND STREAMS
THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEKEND AS WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
HIGH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN OHIO NEED TO CONOTINUE TO STAY ALERT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER THROUGH MOST OF THE NIGHT. LARGE HAIL... STRONG WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE.

ECKERT
...CORRECTED FRIDAY TO SUNDAY IN 3RD PARAGRAPH...

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 11:39 PM EDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1137 PM EDT SAT JUN 3 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
FOR EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO.

NO_ WATCHES EXIST IN OHIO.

SHOWERS HAD ESSENTIALLY ENDED OVER THE WEST THIRD OF OHIO AND WILL
END OVER THE EAST TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE BY 2 OR 3 AM.

DRAG

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 8:17 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	4 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

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1989 Every 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.