Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1990
Flash Flood Warning 130, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1990, 10:38 PM EST for Monroe County, Noble County, Washington County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 30, 1990, 10:38 PM EST (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 1990, 2:45 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Monroe County, OH, Noble County, OH, Washington 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 513 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 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 KCAK 310339
FFWCAK
OHC031-059-067-075-157-019-151-169-111-121-167-310745-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1038 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
...COSHOCTON...GUERNSEY...HARRISON...HOLMES...TUSCARAWAS
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
...CARROLL...STARK...WAYNE
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
...MONROE...NOBLE...WASHINGTON
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO SMALL
STREAM AND LOWLAND FLOODING IN MOST COUNTIES OF EAST OHIO LATE SUNDAY.
THE FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE IN MANY PLACES UNTIL MONDAY MORNING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.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, 2 hours 17 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
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 10:30 PM EST, 8 minutes before
OHZALL-310600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1030 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A GOOD PART OF NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 530 AM EST. HEAVY RAINS THAT FELL OVER NORTHERN OHIO SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY... COMBINED WITH THE MELTED SNOW ALREADY COVERING A SATURATED GROUND HAVE COMBINED TO CAUSE EXTENSIVE RIVER... SMALL STREAM... AND URBAN FLOODING OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED THE WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO THE STREAMS AND RIVERS PROLONGING THE FLOODING THROUGH TONIGHT... AND IN THE MAJOR RIVERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS IN SOME CASES. COLDER AIR WAS MOVING ACROSS THE STATE... AND WITH THIS COMES ANOTHER THREAT. THE CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WAS OCCURRING WITH PERIODS OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME ROADS TO BECOME SLICK... ESPECIALLY BIDGES AND ENTRANCE AND EXIT RAMPS. IN ADDITION TO THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION... WATER ALREADY PONDED ON TO SOME ROADS MAY BEGIN TO FREEZE OVER TONIGHT. MOTORISTS TRAVELING OVER NORTHERN OHIO ROADS SHOULD BE EXTRA CAREFUL TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES AND END IN MOST AREAS BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. THE SNOW SHOULDN/T ACCUMULATE IN MOST AREAS...BUT ISOLATED SPOTS COULD PICK UP AN INCH OR LESS BEFORE ENDING. VRCEK
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 10:33 PM EST, 5 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-310600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1033 PM EST SUN DEC 30 1990 TRAVEL COULD BECOME HAZARDOUS OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE MAHONING AND SHENANGO VALLEYS. FREEZING DRIZZLE HAS BEEN FALLING OFF AND ON FOR THE PAST HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. WITH ROADWAYS ALREADY WET FROM THE RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER TODAY THE FREEZING PRECIPITATION COULD MAKE THEM VERY SLIPPERY. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING TONIGHT. BRIDGES AND UNDERPASSES MAY BE THE FIRST TO FREEZE OVER. DOXEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 10:13 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Putnam | 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
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990
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.