Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 9:54 PM EDT for Coshocton County, Holmes 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 Coshocton County, OH, Holmes County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 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
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
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 27, 5:46 PM EDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
OHZ004-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 545 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY THIS EVENING. AT 540 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM NEAR EAST LIVERPOOL IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF NEWTON FALLS IN TRUMBULL COUNTY. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED BACK FROM SOUTH OF CLEVELAND TO COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WERE GENERALLY MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. APFEL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:39 PM EDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 634 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 630 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:40 PM EDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
PAZ001-002-280000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 639 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... AT 630 PM ERIE WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL CRAWFORD COUNTY...MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SANDSTROM
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:18 PM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
OHZ002-004>008-010-011-272300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 718 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO FOR TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE FROM SANDUSKY BAY TO FAIRPORT HARBOR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES THIS EVENING CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE AT THE LORAIN COUNTY FAIR. MARBLE AND DIME SIZE HAIL WERE ALSO REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCURED IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS CLUSTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHI:O AFTER 9 PM. IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SJN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:21 PM EDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
OHZ002-004>008-010-011-280200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 720 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING FOR CUYAHOGA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST...WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO FOR TONIGHT. SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...DAYTON...COLUMBUS... CINCINNATI AND SPRINGFIELD. AT 715 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF DIMINISHING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE FROM SANDUSKY BAY TO FAIRPORT HARBOR. THESE STORMS PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS IN PORTIONS OF LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES THIS EVENING CAUSING STREET FLOODING AND EVEN SOME BASEMENT FLOODING. THE THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CAUSED A POWER OUTAGE AT THE LORAIN COUNTY FAIR. MARBLE AND DIME SIZE HAIL WERE ALSO REPORTED IN EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTY. HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH OCCURED IN SOUTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL OHIO BETWEEN MANSFIELD AND COLUMBUS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS CLUSTER OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO NORTH CENTRAL >AND NORTHEAST OHIO AFTER 9 PM. IF HEAVY RAINS PERSIST IN YOUR AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION AND ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS. SJN ...CORRECTED HEADER EXPIRATION TIME...
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
OHZ004-007-280230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 826 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 AT 800 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWERD A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM OVER MEDINA AND SUMMIT COUNTIES EXTENDING SOUTHWEST TO NORTHERN FAIRFIELD COUNTY. THSES STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN ROADWAYS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. PERSONS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD KEEP AN EYE FOR RISING WATERS. ALSO THE HOLMES COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT VISIBILITIES WERE BEING REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN THE HEAVY DOWNPOURS. THE NORTHEAST MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE THEM TO TRAIN...MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA...INCREASING THE THREAT OF FLOODING. IK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:00 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 9:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Summit, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:21 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Columbiana | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 98 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.