Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 1992, 11:21 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1992, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 1992, 1:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 KYNG 280322 FFWYNG OHC029-280530- BULLETIN - FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1121 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY AT 1115 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL COLUMBIANA COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF AN INCH...PEOPLE ALONG BEAVER CREEK ESPECIALLY NEAR ELKTON SHOULD BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY RISING WATER. 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. APFEL
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, 6:39 PM EDT, 4 hours 42 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, 4 hours 41 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, 4 hours 3 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, 4 hours 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, 2 hours 54 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
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 10:38 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-280500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 1036 PM EDT THU AUG 27 1992 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 1030 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS FROM NEAR EAST LIVERPOOL IN COLUMBIANA COUNTY THROUGH THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT TO NEAR MERCER IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN A LINE FROM JUST WEST OF THE TRUMBULL COUNTY BORDER TO EAST OF ZANESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. PEOPL0E SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER RUNNING OVER A ROADWAY. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES. < APFEL
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, 9:54 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Coshocton, Holmes | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 10:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 11:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 98 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.