Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 103, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 1992, 2:29 AM EST for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 31, 1992, 2:29 AM EST (07:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 31, 1992, 6:15 AM EST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wyandot County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 10:08 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before
OHZALL-310345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1007 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992 ...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 1235 AM... THE COUNTIES INCLUDE ASHTABULA... LAKE... CUYAHOGA... GEAUGA... LORAIN... ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 945 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING OVER THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED OVER ONE INCH ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH OVER NEAR TWO INCHES AT SOME LOCATIONS. SINCE MIDNIGHT AT CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT /2.00/... PARMA /1.97/... /1.70/ NORTH OLMSTED.../1.94/ BEECHWOOD... SHAKER HEIGHTS /1.58/ INCHES. MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA. A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN OHIO OVERNIGHT AND MEANDER SOUTH OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE PERIODS OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF WARM MOIST AIR WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES NEARLY STEADY ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. MORNING HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 50S THEN FALL BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE 30S BY EVENING. SKIES WILL CONTINUE CLOUDY THURSDAY NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY WITH A CHANCE OF FLURRIES ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE NORTH AND THE LOWER 30S OVER THE SOUTH. HIGHS ON NEW YEARS DAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE MID 30S. JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 11:23 PM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-310900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1123 PM EST WED DEC 30 1992 A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM THURSDAY MORNING FOR MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ALSO A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TONIGHT. THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN TRUMBULL AND MERCER COUNTIES. AS OF 1100 PM OVER ONE AND ONE-THIRD /1.39/ INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAS BEEN REPORTED TONIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALSO ON THE RISE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STANDING WATER AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS AREAS OF HIGH WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 11:27 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
OHZ002-003-310545-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1125 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992
...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS UNTIL 1230 AM FOR THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO...
THE COUNTIES INCLUDE ASHTABULA... LAKE... CUYAHOGA... GEAUGA...
LORAIN... ERIE AND HURON.
RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. AT 1120 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN FALLING OVER THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN EAST OF
CLEVELAND IN LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE CLIMBED TO OVER 1.5 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS IN
THE WARNING COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT.
INCHES
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT 2.00
NORTH ROYALTON 2.32
OLMSTED FALLS 1.79
STRONGSVILLE 1.93
MAPLE HEIGHTS 1.65
SHAKER HEIGHTS 1.65
BRECKSVILLE 1.94
WESTLAKE 1.23
PARMA 1.95
MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD USE CAUTION TONIGHT AND
NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA.
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 9:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Wood | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.