Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 30, 1992, 3:02 AM EDT (07:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 30, 1992, 6:00 AM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 300703
FFWCLE
OHC035-093-301000-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
302 AM EDT THU JUL 30 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY
 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CUYAHOGA AND
LORAIN COUNTIES FOR THE REST OF THE EARLY MORNING HOURS EVEN THOUGH
THE RAIN HAS ENDED AND NO RAIN IS EXPECTED UNTIL LATER TODAY.
 
WIDESPREAD STREET AND BASEMENT FLOODING OCCURED IN THE WARNING AREA
SINCE MIDNIGHT. AT 230 AM WATER WAS REPORTED AS STILL RISING AT
AT SOME PLACES IN LORAIN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY THE NORTHERN
PORTION...CITIES OF LORAIN...SHEFFIELD AND AMHERST. WELL IN CUYAHOGA
COUNTY MANY LOCATIONS WERE REPORTING THAT THE WATER WAS RECEDING.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 230 AM WERE VARIABLE WITH AROUND
AN INCH AT CLEVELAND HOPKINS AIRPORT...ALMOST TWO AND A HALF INCHES
/2.3/ AT BROOKLYN A SOUTHWEST SURBURB OF CLEVELAND AND ALMOST AN INCH
AND A HALF /1.43/ AT INDEPENDENCE...A SUBURB SOUTH OF DOWNTWON
CLEVELAND.
 
THE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO SLOWLY RECEDE THROUGH 6 AM...HOWEVER...WITH
THE GR`OUND SO SATURATED THE PROCESS WILL BE SLOW.
 
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.
 
FMK

In the hours before

OHZ004-PAZ003-300800-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
250 AM EDT THU JUL 30 1992

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS MORNING.

AT 245 AM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRANKLIN PENNSYLVANIA ACROSS NORTHERN MERCER COUNTY
AND TRUMBULL COUNTY TO JUST EAST OF AKRON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH. GREENVILLE PENNSYLVANIA POLICE REPORTED MODERATE TO
HEAVY RAIN AT 210 AM.

SOME AREAS OF TRUMBULL AND MERCER COUNTIES RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE
SAME AREAS. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN
UNDERPASSES AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

MITCHELL

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.