Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 10:13 PM EST for Putnam County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 10:13 PM EST (03:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 1990, 2:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Putnam 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
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 125 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 85 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KTOL 310319 COR
FFWTOL
OHC137-310715-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING... CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
1017 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHWEST OHIO
...PUTNAM
AT 1005 PM THE PUTNAM COUNTY SHERRIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED FLOODING IN
THE VILLAGE OF RIMER ALONG THE SUGAR CREEK IN SOUTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY.
ALSO A PERSON ON ROUTE 224 WEST OF KALIDA REPORTED THAT THE OTTAWA
RIVER WAS OUT OF ITS BANK AND FLOOD WATERS WERE APPROACHING A
WAREHOUSE. RESIDENTS ALONG RIVERS AND CREEKS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WATER LEVELS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY TO AVOID
LOSS OF PROPERTY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND BEFORE YOUR EXITS ARE BLOCKED
WITH HIGH WATER.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLsOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
MURPHY
... CORRECTED WORDING...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, Dec 30, 8:21 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-310300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 820 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 A MIXTURE OF SNOW... SLEET... FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN WAS FALLING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 815 PM SLEET AND SNOW WERE FALLING AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT. A TOTAL OF ABOUT ONE-HALF /0.6/ OF AN INCH OF SNOW AND ICE WAS ON THE GROUND. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATER TONIGHT. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TONIGHT... USE CAUTION... ESPECIALLY ON BRIDGES AND OVERPASSEES WHICH WILL BECOME ICY FIRST. AS THE TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL OVERNIGHT... ANY WATER STANDING ON ROADS WILL ALSO FREEZE. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 10:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Monroe, Noble, Washington | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Carroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas | 4 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:38 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Guernsey | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:20 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Carroll, Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Guernsey, Monroe, Noble, Washington | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Coshocton | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:45 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Harrison | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:04 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.