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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 1992Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1992, 3:52 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1992, 3:52 PM EDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1992, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 122 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1992-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
122 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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 KCLE 291953
FFWCLE
OHC103-292200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
352 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...MEDINA COUNTY
 
AT 345 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
STRETCHING ACROSS PORTAGE...NORTHERN MEDINA...SOUTHERN
CUYAHOGA...LORAIN...ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES.
 
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING VERY SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
THE HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE INTO CENTRAL MEDINA COUNTY AROUND 430 PM AND
INTO SOUTHERN COUNTY BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM.
 
PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND STREET
FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THESE
COUNTIES. FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...UNDERPASSES...AND SMALL
STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED.
 
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.
 
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 29, 10:00 AM EDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
PAZ002-291500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA
950 AM EDT WED JUL 29 1992

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...

AT 945 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING
FROM JUST NORTH OF LINESVILLE TO THE PYMATUNING RESEVOIR AND WESTWARD
TO SOUTHERN ASHTABULA COUNTY OHIO.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH CRAWFORD COUNTY...THEY WILL PRODUCE VERY
HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...POSSIBLE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR AND POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...REMAIN INDOORS AND DO
NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHILE LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.

TJP/FPW/RR
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
OHZALL-292100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN OHIO TODAY.

A COLD FRONT PUSHED SOUTH TO THE SHORES OF LAKE ERIE DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS AND CAUSED A LINE OF WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM ASHTABULA TO ERIE
COUNTIES AND PRODUCED SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH.
THE LINE WILL DROP SOUTH THROUGH THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE BY 5
PM. THESE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SOME SMALL HAIL.

MEANWHILE...CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO HAD PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES.
SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THESE AREAS
BY LATE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES ROSE INTO THE UPPER 70S AND LOWER 80S
WHICH WERE ABOUT 5 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL.

SKIES WILL BE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE NORTH TONIGHT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH BUT
SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE MERCURY WILL DROP INTO THE UPPER 50S
IN THE NORTHWEST WHILE READINGS HOVER IN THE 60S ELSEWHERE.

THE COLD FRONT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY.
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG THE FRONT THROUGHOUT
THE DAY AND MAY PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. TEMPERATURES WILL
REMAIN ABOUT THE SAME WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM 75 TO 85 DEGREES.

THE LATEST WEATHER MAP SHOWED A COLD FRONT ALONG THE SOUTH SHORES OF
LAKES ONTARIO AND ERIE CONTINUING WEST TO SOUTHERN IOWA. HIGH PRESSURE
WAS OVER MINNESOTA. THE FRONT WILL DROP INTO SOUTHERN OHIO TONIGHT WHERE
IT WILL BECOME STATIONARY ON THURSDAY. THE HIGH WILL DRIFT EAST INTO THXE
UPPER GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND INTO NEW ENGLAND THURSDAY.

SJN
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 2:34 PM EDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
OHZ004-291930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
232 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN
OHIO THIS AFTERNOON.

AT 220 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF TOLEDO EAST TO MEDINA TO WARREN
TO OIL CITY PENNSYLVANIA. ALSO THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE
AKRON/CANTON AIRPORT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS. THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND
IN LOW LYING PLACES. AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING DURING EXCESSIVE RAINS
WILL FLOOD IF A STORM PASSES.
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KINSELLA
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 3:08 PM EDT, 44 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-292030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
308 PM EDT WED JUL 29 1992

TWO LINES OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE MAHONING AND
SHENANGO VALLEYS.

AT 300 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM RUNNING FROM
NORTH OF FRANKLIN PENNSYLVANIA...JUST NORTH OF WARREN OHIO...TO AKRON...
SOUTH OF CLEVELAND...THEN TOWARD TOLEDO.  A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
RAN EASTWARD FROM CANTON THROUGH LISBON THROUGH NEW CASTLE PENNSYLVANIA.

THIS SECOND LINE OF STORMS PRODUCED MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND WINDS GUSTING
TO 40 MPH IN BELIN CENTER IN MAHONING COUNTY.  MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS
WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HIGH
WINDS.  IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER.  LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS MAY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON THE ROADWAYS. NEVER DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE THOUGH STANDING WATER.

LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCLA MEDIA FOR UPDATES.

SITES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 9:26 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula49 min
Jul 29, 2:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain2 hr
Jul 29, 2:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga116 min
Jul 29, 3:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage56 min
Jul 29, 3:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron3 hr
Jul 29, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull119 min
Jul 29, 3:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEColumbiana119 min

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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.