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Flash Flood Warning 128, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 30, 1990Putnam County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 00:00Z on 1990-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -76 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEMonroe, Noble, Washington4 hr
Dec 30, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne4 hr
Dec 30, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECarroll, Harrison, Tuscarawas4 hr
Dec 30, 10:38 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECoshocton, Guernsey4 hr
Dec 31, 2:20 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEPutnam4 hr
Dec 31, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECarroll, Holmes, Stark, Tuscarawas, Wayne5 hr
Dec 31, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEGuernsey, Monroe, Noble, Washington5 hr
Dec 31, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECoshocton5 hr
Dec 31, 2:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEHarrison5 hr
Dec 31, 5:04 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull3 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.