Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 1991, 6:05 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 1991, 6:05 PM EDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 1991, 8:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 282 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 132210 RRA FFWTOL OHC095-140000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 605 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...LUCAS COUNTY AT 6PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER LUCAS COUNTY PARTICULARLY IN THE CITIES OF TOLEDO AND SYLVANIA. SOME FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND MORE FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING AS THE RAIN CONTINUES. 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. ELH (CORRECTED TO CHANGE FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO FLOOD WARNING)
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, May 13, 2:14 PM EDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PAZ002-003-004-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 204 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA AND THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS... AT 2 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PARTS OF WARREN... MCKEAN...POTTER...ELK AND CAMERON COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME OF THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT MAY CAUSE SOME FLOODING OF LOWLANDS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS...EXCESSIVE LIGHTNING...AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. PERSONS SHOULD KEEP A LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AS THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HOURS. SANDSTROM/WELLS/REEDY
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:26 PM EDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
OHZALL-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 225 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL WAS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 210 THIS AFTERNOON CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS DEVELOPING ALONG A LAKE BREEZE FRONT THAT WAS FROM NORWALK TO AKRON TO NEW CASTLE PENNSYLVANIA. THE OHIO LAKESHORE COUNTIES SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH OF CLEVELAND SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AS THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, May 13, 2:41 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-132000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 240 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. AT 230 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS SCATTERED ALONG A LINE BETWEEN CANTON-AKRON AND YOUNGSTOWN. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED IN MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN THE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN... STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING. NICK
Special weather statement, May 13, 3:37 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
OHZ001-002-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 335 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE DEVELOPING OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO THIS AFTERNOON. AT 330 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF SWANTON OHIO INTO NORTHWEST TOLEDO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. BY 430 PM THESE STORMS WIKLL EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST LUCAS COUNTY INTO MAUMEE BAY. RAR
Special weather statement, May 13, 4:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OHZ004-007-DDHHHH-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
130 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER PART OF NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
AT 220 PM EDT...WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS ON AN
EAST-WEST LINE FROM MEDINA THROUGH AKRON PASSING SOUTH OF YOUNGSTOWN
TO NEW CASTLE PENNSYLVANIA.
A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND MAY PRODUCE
HAIL THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST
ALONG THE LINE AT ONLY 10 TO 15 MPH...SO MAY CAUSE SOME LOCAL PONDING
OF WATER IN LOW PLACES. THE DOWNPOURS MAY ALSO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS
FOR MOTORISTS.
NIBERT {Special weather statement, May 13, 5:09 PM EDT, 56 minutes before
OHZ001-002-140000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 509 PM EDT MON MAY 13 1991 THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL WERE OVER LUCAS...EXTREME NORTHERN WOOD AND EXTREME WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED DURING THE AFTERNNON ALONG A SEABREEZE FRONT WHICH EXTENDED AS FAR WEST AS WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN OHIO AND EASTERN LENAWEE COUNTY IN MICHIGAN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. THEY WILL BEGIN TO GRADUALLY DIE DOWN TOWARD SUNSET. PERSONS TRAVELLING IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING] HOURS. ELH
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.