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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 27, 1992Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 9:54 PM EDT for Summit County, Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1992, 9:54 PM EDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 150 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1763 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 280155
FFWCAK
OHC031-075-153-169-280400-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
954 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...COSHOCTON COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...SUMMIT COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 945 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER SUMMIT...WAYNE...HOLMES
AND COSHOCTON COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
IK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEJefferson2 hr
Aug 27, 9:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECoshocton, Holmes2 hr
Aug 27, 10:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake3 hr
Aug 27, 11:21 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEColumbiana2 hr
Aug 27, 11:52 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake98 min

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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.