Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 1992, 9:46 PM EDT for Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 1992, 9:46 PM EDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 12:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Geauga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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
- 3542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 865 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 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 110148 FFWCLE OHC055-110445- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 946 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS REISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...GEAUGA COUNTY THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING HAS BEEN EXTENDED FOR ALL OF GEAUGA COUNTY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO GEAUGA COUNTY. MANY CREEKS WERE BANKFULL OVER OVERFLOWING AND SOME ROADS WERE STILL FLOODED. THE WATER LEVELS WERE SLOWLY RECEDING. 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, 2 hours 32 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, 2 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 9:45 PM EDT, 1 minute before
OHZ001-110300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 944 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 940 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST FULTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 1015 PM THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM ABOUT 5 MILES SOUTH OF TOLEDO TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BOWLING GREEN IN WOOD COUNTY. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. MURPHY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 9:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 10:35 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 40 min |
| Aug 10, 11:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 66 min |
| Aug 10, 11:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 12:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 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.