Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1992, 12:09 AM EDT for Mahoning County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1992, 12:09 AM EDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1992, 1:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Mahoning County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 9:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 24 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
OHZ004-110230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1005 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO AND MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. AT 10 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN GEAUGA COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL ENTER TRUMBULL COUNTY BY 1030 PM EDT. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WARREN AND NILES. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION QUICKLY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCASSIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR TO THE LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. KUBINA
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-110345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1042 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 1040 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF BOWLING GREEN TO NEAR OTTAWA IN PUTNAM COUNTY. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. ALSO...THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SMALL HAIL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. BY 1130 PM THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM PORT CLINTON IN OTTAWA COUNTY TO 10 MILES EAST OF FINDLAY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. ALSO...DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH ARE\AS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 10:48 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
PAZ001>004-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 1040 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE EXTENDING NORTHEAST INTO EXTREME WESTERN NEW YORK... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE AT 1040 PM SHOWED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG TO SEVERE IN INTENSITY...EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF FAIRPORT HARBOR OHIO...EAST NORTHEAST TO THE NEW YORK LAKESHORE THROUGH THE TOWNS OF DUNKIRK AND ANGOLA. THE THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND FURTHER TO THE NORTHEAST THROUGH NIAGARA FALLS...AND BUFFALO TO NEAR ROCHESTER NEW YORK. OTHER THUDERSTORMS WERE NOTED FROM JUST WEST OF BRADFORD SOUTH TO DUBOIS... AND THEN WEST NEAR INTERSTATE 80 TO YOUNGSTOWN OHIO. RADAR ALSO SHOWED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF CLEVELAND OHIO AND ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD MOVE ONSHORE INTO ERIE COUNTY OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BETWEEN 1115 AND 1130 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. REFRAIN FROM USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND STAY OFF THE TELEPHONE...UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. LAMBERT/PARRISH/WELLS
Special weather statement, Aug 10, 11:15 PM EDT, 54 minutes before
OHZ004-007-110400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 1114 PM EDT MON AUG 11 1992 AT 1110 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF AURORA AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY BEFORE MIDNIGHT AND PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS THAT WILL CAUSE STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. PEOPLE IN PORTAGE COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY WITH THE APPROACH OF THIS STORM. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:00 AM EDT, 9 minutes before
OHZ002-110500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1157 PM EDT MON AUG 10 1992 THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE EASTERN LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF OHIO LATE THIS EVENING. AT 1155 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER OTTAWA... SANDUSKY...AND SENECA COUNTIES OF OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS OVER PORT CLINTON AND OAK HARBOR IN OTTAWA COUNTY. AT 1127 PM THE OTTAWA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED ONE-QUARTER TO ONE-HALF INCH SIZED HAIL IN NORTHEAST OTTAWA COUNTY ALONG STATE ROUTE 2. ALSO...AT 1143 PM THE SANDUSKY COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORTED A WIND GUST TO 35 MILES AN HOUR IN FREMONT. WIND GUSTS TO 45 MILES AN HOUR ALONG WITH SMALL HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...AND SENECA COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM. SEEK SHELTER 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, 9:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 3 hr |
| 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 | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 12:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.