Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 1992, 9:51 PM EDT for Hancock County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 5, 1992, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 131 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 980 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 KTOL 060152 FFWTOL OHC063-060400- BULLETIN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 951 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...... IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY SINCE 5 PM AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY. AT 945 PM THE HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED ALL SECONDARY ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAD RUNNING WATER OVER THEM. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REQUEST THAT IF TRAVEL IS NOT NECESSARY TONIGHT THAT PEOPLE REMAIN AT HOME. 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. HUGHES
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, Sep 5, 5:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 508 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 1992 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENINGON. AT 505 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN LAKE ERIE THROUGH WOOD AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES INTO PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY ...ONE NEAR BENTON RIDGE...5 MILES WEST OF FINDLAY...AND THE OTHER ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FINDLAY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 25 MPH AND BY 6 PM WILL EXTEND FROM VAN BUREN...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY...TO WILLIAMSTOWN...11 MILES SOUTH OF FINDLAY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. ALSO HEAVY BRAINS CAN CAUSE PONDING ON HIGHWAYS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. HUGHES
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 5:16 PM EDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-052230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 508 PM EDT SAT SEP 5 1992 SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 505 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING SOUTHWEST FROM WESTERN LAKE ERIE THROUGH WOOD AND SANDUSKY COUNTIES INTO PUTNAM AND HANCOCK COUNTIES. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN THE WESTERN HALF OF HANCOCK COUNTY ...ONE NEAR BENTON RIDGE...5 MILES WEST OF FINDLAY...AND THE OTHER ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FINDLAY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HANCOCK COUNTY. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AROUND 25 MPH AND BY 6 PM WILL EXTEND FROM VAN BUREN...7 MILES NORTHEAST OF FINDLAY...TO WILLIAMSTOWN...11 MILES SOUTH OF FINDLAY. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROCHES...TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. PALSO HEAVY RAINS CAN CAUSE PONDING ON HIGHWAYS AND SHARPLY REDUCED VISIBILITY SO MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING THIS EVENING. HUGHES CORRECTED SPELLING SECOND LINE
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:27 PM EDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
PAZ001>004-052330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 621 PM EDT SAT SEP 05 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... RADAR AT 620 PM SHOWED NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERTSORMS OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTH OF ERIE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE CITY OF ERIE AND PRESQUE ISLE SHORTLY. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND GUSTY WINDS OVER 30 MPH. PERSONS OUTDOORS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND REFRAIN FROM USING THE TELEPHONE TILL THE STORM HAS PASSED. BOATERS ARE ADVISED TO SEEK THE BEST SHELTER POSSIBLE IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...EITHER ON SHORE OR BELOW DECK. LAMBERT
Special weather statement, Sep 5, 7:24 PM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
PAZ001-060015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 716 PM EDT SAT SEP 05 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE JUST NORTH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... WEATHER RADAR AT 715 PM SHOWED SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LAKE ERIE SHORELINE AND OVER LAKE ERIE...7 MILES TO THE WEST AND ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF THE CITY OF ERIE. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BOATERS ON LAKE ERIE INCLUDING PRESQUE ISLE BAY SHOULD SEEK SHELTER ONSHORE OR BELOW DECK UNTIL THE STORMS HAVE PASSED. THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...AND MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 KNOTS. LAMBERT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 4 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 3 hr |
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.