Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1992, 7:34 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 1992, 9:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Geauga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 102337 FFWCLE OHC055-110130- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 734 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY THE FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN CUYAHOGA AND NORTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL BE IN AFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHARDON AND MOVING MAINLY EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NARROW AND AFFECTING ONLY A SMALL PART OF GEAUGA COUNTY. RUSSELL TOWNSHIP IN WEST CENTRAL GEAUGA COUNTY REPORTED ALMOST AN INCH AND A QUARTER OF RAIN BETWEEN 530 PM AND 7 PM. STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TROY TOWNSHIP...WELL SOUTH OF CHARDON THIS EVENING. 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. FMK
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, Aug 10, 7:14 PM EDT, 20 minutes before
PAZ001-002-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 707 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 705 PM INDICATED SHOWED A SMALL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE...FROM JUST WEST OF ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE WEST TO NEAR CONNEAUT OHIO. THESE STORMS HAVE FORMED RAPIDLY WITHIN THE PAST 30 MINUTES...WITH FURTHER FORMATION AND INTENSIFICATION EXPECTED. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS OUTDOORS THROUGHOUT NORTHWESTERN ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES... ALONG WITH BOATERS ON PRESQUE ISLE BAY AND AREA LAKES SHOULD SEEK hSHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 7:18 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
OHZ004-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 718 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING WESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY. AT 705 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE CITY OF BRACEVILLE ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF WARREN. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS A VERY SLOW 10 TO 15 MPH TO THE EAST. THIS STORM COULD PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LOCALLY PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. THE STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF WARREN AND CHAMPION BY AROUND 800 PM. THE ATMOSPHERE IS CURRENTLY VERY UNSTABLE AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO STANDING WATER. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IF POSSIBLE REPORT ANY SEVERE WEATHER TO YOUR LOCAL LAW INFORCEMENT AGENCY AND ASK THEM TO PASS IT ONTO THE NATONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. SITES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 5:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 116 min |
| Aug 10, 6:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 55 min |
| Aug 10, 7:34 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 41 min |
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.