Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1992, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1992, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Ashtabula County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 182014 FFWCLE OHC007-182215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 415 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY AT 410 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL ASHTABULA COUNTY. THIS STORM HAS COMBINED WITH PREVIOUS AFTERNOON STORMS TO PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THIS AREA BETWEEN 1PM AND 4PM. THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED WATER OVER HIGHWAYS AROUND PEIRPONT. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. SJN
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 18, 2:19 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-181930- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 218 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 700 PM EDT. AT 215 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER SOUTHWEST SENECA COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. BY 300 PM THIS STORM WILL BE IN SOUTHEAST SENECA COUNTY OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANSFIELD. KEEP A CLOSE WATCH ON THE WEATHER AROUND YOU. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APRROACH OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
PAZ001>004-182000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 244 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 7PM.
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
OHZ011-006-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 258 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT. AT 250 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN OHIO AND A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO . ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NORTH OF BUCYRUS IN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WEST OF FINDLAY IN HANCOCK COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED OVER NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE URBAN FLOODING OF STREETS...STREAMS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. IF FLOODING OCCURS TAKE ACTION IMMEDIATELY AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ALSO IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR WEATHER INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS IN YOUR AREA. GB
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ004-007-182330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 306 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 7PM AND FOR EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 8PM EDT. WEATHER RADAR AT 255 PM INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER ASTABULA AND TRUMBULL COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE WERE INDICATED IN MUSKINGUM AND PERRY COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED OTHER THAN SOME TREES DOWN IN ASTABULA COUNTY THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE HIGH WIND...HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN COULD ALSO CAUSE PNDING OF WATER IN RAODWAYS AND FLODDING IN LOW LYING AREAS. DEGAN
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 3:50 PM EDT, 25 minutes before
OHZALL-182100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO 350 PM EDT SAT JUL 18 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN OHIO UNTIL 7 PM EDT...AND FOR SOUTHERN OHIO UNTIL 8 PM EDT. AT 330 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF OHIO. IN NORTHERN OHIO THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR TIFFIN...DEFIANCE AND OVER ASHTABULA COUNTY. IN SOUTHERN OHIO THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE IN AN AREAS JUST EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF ZANESVILLE. MOST OF THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 25 MPH. EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN ASHTABULA COUNTY. DIME SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND WINDS OF 50 MPH WERE ALSO REPORTED THERE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE GROUND ACROSS MUCH OF OHIO HAS BEEN SATURATED BY RAIN THE PAST WEEK. IF ANY SHOWERS PRODUCE FAIRLY HEAVY RAINS...IT WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON STREETS...AND SOME FLOODING OF STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS. OHIO'S WEATHER STARTED OUT DRY TODAY. SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE STATE THIS MORNING WITH MANY AREAS RECEIVING QUITE A LOT OF SUNSHINE. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES CLIMBED INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DISSIPATE OVER MOST OF THE STATE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. OTHERWISE SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE FROM 55 TO 65. ON SUNDAY...SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY. THERE WILL STILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. HIGH WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 80 TO 85 DEGREES. ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...A WEAK COLD FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO...LAKE ERIE TO CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WAS OVER WISCONSIN. IT WILL SLIDE A|CROSS OHIO ON SUNDAY. WCR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 12:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 1:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 2:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 2 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.