Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 1991, 7:12 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 1991, 7:12 PM EDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1991, 10:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 502 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 252313 FFWTOL OHC123-143-260215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 712 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...OTTAWA COUNTY...SANDUSKY COUNTY AT 710 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ENTERING WESTERN OTTAWA AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF LOW-LYING AREAS. 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. MURPHY
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
Local storm report, May 25, 4:06 PM EDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
404 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991
STORM REPORT FOR FRIDAY MAY 24 1991
TIME EDT EVENT
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1550 EDT....NUMEROUS TREES/LIMBS DOWN 5 MILES NW OF CAMBRIDGE
SPRINGS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY...REPORTED BY FIRE
CONTROL...HIGH WIND GUSTS.
1615 EDT....NUMEROUS TREES/LIMBS DOWNED...POWER LINE POLES
SNAaPPED/LINES DOWN/POWER OUTAGES AT WATERFORD IN SOUTHERN
ERIE COUNTY...REPORTED BY WJET TV-24 ON LOCAL NEWS.
PARRISHSpecial weather statement, May 25, 4:53 PM EDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
OHZALL-252300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 455 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 OHIO IS APT TO GET A LOT OF THUNDERY WEATHER OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE A GOOD BET IN OHIO BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BECOME LESS LIKELY... BUT SOME COULD STILL OCCUR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT COULD BRING DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL... AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT THERE UNTIL 10 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN... DEFIANCE... FINDLAY... AND TOLEDO. BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ANYWHERE IN THE STATE TONIGHT. ALONG WITH A PERSISTENT THREAT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... OHIO WILL SEE CONTINUED WARM HUMID WEATHER FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. LOWS BOTH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY NIGHT ARE FORECAST TO BE FROM 65 TO 70. HIGHS BOTH SUNDAY AND MEMORIAL DAY ARE PREDICTED TO BE NEAR 85. NORMALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR LOWS ARE FROM THE UPPER 40S TO THE MID 50S AND HIGHS ARE IN THE MID 70S. TODAY IN OHIO BROUGHT VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH DRY WEATHER TO THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES... AND VARIABLE CLOUDINESS WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTH. MOST PLACES SAW AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE MID OR UPPER 80S... BUT THE MERCURY CLIMBED INTO THE 90S IN THE COLUMBUS AREA. THE AFTERNOON WEATHER MAP SHOWED A COLD FRONT JUST NORTH OF LAKE ERIE AND A SYSTEM OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE UNITED STATES. THE COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO TURN INTO A WARM FRONT FROM TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW... AND MOVE TO THE EAST COAST MONDAY. THE HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM IS UNLIKELY TO CHANGE MUCH OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:08 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-252230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 508 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR WILLIAMS... DEFIANCE... FULTON... HENRY... PAULDING... LUCAS... AND WOOD COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. AT 500 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM NEAR WAUSEON IN FULTON COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH HENRY COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN PUTNAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORMS SHOULD BE INTO WEST TOLEDO AROUND 530 PM. SOME THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL AFFECT NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDUITIONS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES... SEEK SHELTER. MURPHY
Special weather statement, May 25, 5:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
OHZALL-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 550 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN... DEFIANCE... FINDLAY... AND TOLEDO. AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN FINDLAY AND TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. IF THEY MAINTAIN THIS COURSE THEY WILL BE OVER LAKE ERIE BY 7 PM. BESIDES THE CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS BETWEEN FINDLAY AND TOLEDO... WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF NORTHWEST OF OHIO AT 540 PM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS THE EVENING GOES ON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 540 PM. HOWEVER SOME OF THE STORMS THAT WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES THIS EVENING COU0LD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MIGHT ALSO OCCUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
OHZALL-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 610 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN... DEFIANCE... AND TOLEDO. AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN FINDLAY AND TOLEDO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. IF THEY MAINTAIN THIS COURSE THEY WILL BE OVER LAKE ERIE BY 7 PM. BESIDES THE CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS BETWEEN FINDLAY AND TOLEDO... WEAKER THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF NORTHWEST OF OHIO AT 540 PM. THESE STORMS WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOME OF THEM WILL STRENGTHEN AS THE EVENING GOES ON. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 540 PM. HOWEVER SOME OF THE STORMS THAT WILL AFFECT THE NORTHWEST COUNTIES THIS EVENING COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS MIGHT ALSO OCCUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI CORRECTED TO REMOVE MENTION OF FINDLAY FROM BEING IN WATCH AREA
Special weather statement, May 25, 6:54 PM EDT, 18 minutes before
OHZALL-260100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 655 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 1991 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 10 PM. MAJOR CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE BOWLING GREEN... DEFIANCE... AND TOLEDO. AT 640 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN WOOD COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO. INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. HOWEVER NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUALLY FORMING OVER OHIO'S NORTHWEST COUNTIES... SO THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF THUNDERY WEATHER FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO AS OF 640 PM... ALTHOUGH THERE HAD BEEN SOME HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER IT IS POSSIBLE SOME STORMS IN THE WATCH AREA WILL CAUSE DAMAGING WINDS OR LARGE HAIL. DOWNPOURS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE AND PONDING OF WATER MIGHT OCCUR. RESIDENTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN FOR LATEST INFORMATION FROM THE WEATHER SERVICE. KWIATKOWSKI
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.