Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1992, 9:25 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1992, 9:25 PM EDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 1992, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 706 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 975 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 365 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 4.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 310126 FFWCLE OHC007-035-055-085-093-103-310530- BULLETIN FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 925 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY ...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY AT 925 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST OHIO. THE PRECIPITATION WAS NOT MOVING MUCH. THIS MEANS FLOODING IS LIKELY OVER NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL AT LEAST EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE IN URBAN AREAS AND NEAR SMALL STREAMS. 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. JJ^K
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 30, 4:21 PM EDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
OHZALL-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 421 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR ALL BUT THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST PARTS OF OHIO... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTHCENTRAL OHIO. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIT ACROSS MUCH OF OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM EDT. ONLY THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNERS OF THE STATE HAVE BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. A FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. RECENT HEAVY RAINS ACROSS OHIO HAVE LEFT THE GROUND SATURATED...WITH MANY RIVERS AND STREAMS RUNNING HIGH. ADDITIONAL RAINS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND FRIDAY WILL RESULT IN QUICK RISING WATER LEVELS. URBAN TYPE FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OCCUR IN THE STORMS. AT 420 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO. THIS ACTIVITY FAVORED THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND NORTHCENTRAL PARTS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS OR APPROACH SMALL STREAMS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD. MANY FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN A PERSON ATTEMPTS TO DRIVE THEIR VEHICLE THROUGH A FLOODED ROAD. KAPELA
Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:17 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
507 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992
TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 5 PM
TYPE OF EVENT.. ONE INCH HAIL, TREES DOWN...WATER IN STREETS.
LOCATION OF EVENT.. WESTERN WAYNE CjOUNTY ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF CANTON.
INJURIES.. NONE REPORTED
DEATHS.. NONE REPORTED.
NIBERT
{Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 708 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM EDT AND A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR TRUMBULL...MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN EASTERN OHIO... AT 700 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING IN AN ARC FROM CLEVELAND THROUGH AKRON TO CANTON. A SECOND LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM CLEVELAND TO WEST OF MANSFIELD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF YOUNGSTOWN AND LISBON BY 745 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS. STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KUBINA
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:20 PM EDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
OHZALL-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 720 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF OHIO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST UNTIL 10 PM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO FROM ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO TOLEDOS EASTERN SUBURBS...TO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. OTHER...LESS INTENSE...STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF OHIO. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE A THREAT TO ABOUT THE EASTERN THREE FOURTHS OF OHIO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE THE BAND. NO CONFIRMED SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO BETWEEN 615 PM AND 715 PM...BUT BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OCCURRED EARLIER. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF EXTREMELY RAINS. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON DARKE COUNTY...WERE UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 550 PM AND 640 PM. v OHIOANS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT NEED TO BE READY FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS THAT MIGHT TRIGGER FLOODING. KWIATKOWSKI
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
OHZALL-310100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE REST OF OHIO EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST UNTIL 10 PM. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS OHIO FROM ABOUT 30 MILES EAST OF CINCINNATI...TO TOLEDOS EASTERN SUBURBS...TO THE EXTREME NORTHEAST TIP OF THE STATE. OTHER...LESS INTENSE...STORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER THE REST OF OHIO. THE BAND OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH...AND WILL BE A THREAT TO ABOUT THE EASTERN THREE FOURTHS OF OHIO FOR MUCH OF THE EVENING. IT IS POSSIBLE OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OUTSIDE THE BAND. NO CONFIRMED SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED TO THE WEATHER SERVICE IN OHIO BETWEEN 615 PM AND 715 PM...BUT BOTH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL OCCURRED EARLIER. THERE WERE ALSO REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ON DARKE COUNTY...WHERE UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES FELL BETWEEN 550 PM AND 640 PM. OHIOANS IN THE PATH OF THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT NEED TO BE READY FOR BOTH SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. IT WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ALERT FOR PROLONGED HEAVY RAINS THAT MIGHT TRIGGER FLOODING. KWIATKOWSKI CORRECTED WORDI|NG SIXTH PARAGRAPH
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:18 PM EDT, 7 minutes before
OHZ004-007-310230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 915 PM EDT THU JUL 30 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF EASTERN OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OHIO FOR BOTH TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AT 9 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR GARRETSVILLE IN PORTAGE COUNTY SOUTHWEST THROUGH WOOSTER AND MANSFIELD AND THEN SOUTH TO JUST WEST OF COSCHOCTON. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WERE JUST NORTH OF AKRON AND NEAR MANSFIELD. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. AT 845 PM A HAM RADIO OPERATOR REPORTED THREE FEET OF WATER AT THE INTERSECTION OF RT 53 AND RT 183... JUST SOUTH OF ALLIANCE IN STARK COUNTY. A CAR WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION. BETWEEN 7PM AND 9PM...MANY REPORTS OF ONE AND A HALF TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER SUMMIT...STARK AND PORRTAGE COUNTIES WERE RECEIVED. OHIOANS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE...AND HAVE A PLACE OF SAFTEY IN MIND IN CASE OF SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. ALTO
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 8:18 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 57 min |
| Jul 30, 8:34 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 56 min |
| Jul 30, 9:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 9:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 4 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.