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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 22, 19905 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 1990, 9:46 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1990, 9:46 AM EDT (13:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1990, 12:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Hancock County, OH, Putnam County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot 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 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 172 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1990-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
172 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KTOL 221346
FFWTOL
OHC063-095-137-143-147-173-175-221645-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
946 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL 
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN 
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES

   IN THE STATE OF OHIO
      HANCOCK...LUCAS...PUTNAM...SANDUSKY...SENECA...WOOD...
      WYANDOT

AT 940 AM PUTNAM COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING IN THE CITY OF
OTTAWA.  AT 943 WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS WERE
FALLING OVER MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO.  THE RAINS WILL CONTINUE
THROUGHOUT THE DAY AND FLOODING WILL OCCUR.%

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE 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 IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

 ELH

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, Jul 22, 4:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before
OHZALL-231200-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
730 AM EDT SUN JUL 22 1990

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF OHIO TODAY AND TONIGHT.

VRCEK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas3 hr
Jul 22, 9:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESandusky3 hr
Jul 22, 6:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWashington51 min
Jul 22, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit2 hr
Jul 22, 7:42 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEColumbiana33 min

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.