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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 3, 1991Monroe County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 3, 1991, 2:11 AM EST for Monroe County, Ohio. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 1991, 2:11 AM EST (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Dec 3, 1991, 9:15 AM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Monroe County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1991-12-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1991-12-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 414 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
414 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
784 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 KCAK 030711
FFWCAK
OHC111-031415-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
211 AM EST TUE DEC 3 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN SOUTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MONROE COUNTY
 
NUMEROUS SMALL STREAMS CONTINUE OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SEVERAL STATE
ROUTES ARE UNDER WATER. WATER IS UP TO BRIDGES IN MANY LOCALITIES.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 2, 9:42 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEMonroe, Washington4 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.