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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH

September 9, 1992Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 1992, 11:38 PM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 9, 1992, 11:38 PM EDT (03:38 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1992, 4:45 AM EDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1992-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1067 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 97 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
1067 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1041 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCAK 100342
FFWCAK
OHC169-100845-
 
BULLETIN -
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
1138 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM EDT
 
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 1115 PM EDT THE RITTMAN FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED SMALL STREAM
FLOODING IN THE CITY OF RITTMAN. SEVERAL STREETS WERE REPORTED UNDER
WATER AND SOME EVACUATIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE.
 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH WAYNE COUNTY BETWEEN
MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL KEEP SMALL STREAMS OUT OF
THEIR BANKS UNTIL 430 AM EDT THURSDAY MORNING.
 
 
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.
THOMPSON

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 9, 8:43 PM EDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
OHZALL-100200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
845 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS DECREASED IN INTENSITY BETWEEN 745 PM AND 845 PM THIS
EVENING. AS OF 845 PM NO SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT IN OHIO.
THUNDERSTORMS STILL COVERED MUCH OF NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN OHIO
MAINLY NORTH OF A FINDLAY-AKRON-YOUNGSTOWN LINE. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY
MOVED INTO PENNSYLVANIA BY 830 PM.

HOWEVER...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR AT 830 PM JUST
NORTH OF FINDLAY. IT WILL MOVE RAPIDLY NORTHEAST ACROSS FOSTORIA..AND
FREEMONT AND POSSIBLY INTO SANDUSKY BAY BY 10 PM. THE MOVEMENT WAS
NEARLY 50 MPH.

HEAVY RAINS WERE STILL FALLING FROM MANY OF THE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS AND OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE DURING
THE NIGHT. THIS HAS PROMPTED THE WEATHER SERVICE TO ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH
WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE.

PORTIONS OF ALLEN COUNTY REPORTEDLY HAD NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER
TONIGHT WITHIN A SHORT PERIOD AND MANY REPORTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH
REACHED THE WEATHETR SERVICE IN NORTHERN OHIO.

PERSONS IN THE TORNADO OR FLOOD WATCH AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT
FOR ANY THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
IF FURTHER WARNINGS ARE ISSUED.

DEB
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 8:54 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-100230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH
855 PM EDT WED SEP 09 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1000
PM EDT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING OVER NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT.

AT 853 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO.
BY 900 PM EDT THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE OVER THE CITY OF FOSTORIA...
13 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF TIFFIN IN SENECA COUNTY. THE STORM WAS
PRODUCING PEA SIZED HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS.

MOVEMENT OF THE THE THUNDERSTORM WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.

ANOTHER LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OCCURRING OVER HILLSDALE COUNTY
IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN...TO HUNTINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST

INDIANA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEOPLE IN THE PATHS OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR WATER
PONDING ON ROADWAYS. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING WHEN A
THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.

BARNES
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 9:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
OHZ004-007-100230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
905 PM EDT WED SEP  9 1992

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN AND MUCH OF THE CENTRAL
SECTIONS OF OHIO UNTIL 10 PM EDT. ALL OF NORTHEAST OHIO AND THE
CENTRAL COUNTIES NORTH OF I-70. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 900 PM INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM
THE AKRON AREA EAST TO NEAR YOUNGSTOWN. THESE STORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL
OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF SUMMIT AND PORTAGE
COUNTIES. PONDING OF WATER IS LIKELY OVER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS
IN THESE AREA... AND CAUTION IS ADVISED. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER
HAVE BEEN RECEIVED DURING THE LAST HOUR. RADAR INDICATES THE
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 800 PM.

PERSONS IN THE TORNADO WATCH SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

ALTO
Special weather statement, Sep 9, 9:50 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
OHZ002-003-100330-

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
950 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED LATE THIS EVENING WHICH
REPLACES TWO TORADO WATCHES ISSUED EARLIER.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF WESTERN OHIO
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON...FINDLAY...LIMA
AND SPRINGFIELD UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING.

AT 935 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST
OF TOLEDO SOUTHWEST TO PAULDING COUNTY. A POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WAS LOCATED IN FULTON COUNTY WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH AND
WILL MOVE INTO TOLEDO AND FINDLAY BEFORE 11 PM.

ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE WESTERN END OF SANDUSKY BAY
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. BOTH AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING
INTO LAKE ERIE AND A SPECIAL MARINE WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM
FROM VERMILION WEST.

IN ADDITION...A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR THE NORTHERN
THIRD OF OHIO. HEAVY RAINS WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED
FLOODING OF SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY
SATURATED FROM RAINS EARLIER TODAY.

PERSONS IN THE NEW WATCH AREAS SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE ALERT FOR CHANGING
OR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND ANY ADDITIONAL WARNINGS FROM THE
WEATHER SERVICE.

DEB
Local storm report, Sep 9, 10:00 PM EDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
818 PM EDT WED SEP  9 1992

TIME EVENT OCCURRED.. 1854 EDT

TYPE OF EVENT.. 3/4 INCH HAIL

LOCATION OF EVENT.. ALLIANCE (STARK COUNTY)
                  R  SOURCE... AMATEUR RADIO OPERATOR/SKYWARN SPOTTER

INJURIES.. NONE

DEATHS.. NONE

ALTO
Local storm report, Sep 9, 10:43 PM EDT, 55 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1045 PM EDT WED SEP 9 1992

SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 9 1992--TIMES EDT

TIME        EVENT/LOCATION                                SOURCE

1825        TREES DOWN/FITCHVILLE/HURON COUNTY            HURON COUNTY
                                                          SHERIFF
1825        50 KT WINDS/1.75 INCH HAIL/HURON/ERIE COUNTY  LORAIN COUNTY
                                                          EMRGNCY AGENCY
1840        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN/LORAIN COUNTY             LORAIN
                                                          COUNTY SHERIFF
1900        TREES DOWN/BAY VILLAGE/CUYAHOGA COUNTY        BAY VILLAGE
                                                          POLICE
1900        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN/MEDINA COUNTY             MEDINA COUNTY
                                                          SHERIFF
1945        TREES DOWN/NEWBURY/GEAUGA COUNTY              GEAUGA COUNTY
                                                          EMRGNCY AGENCY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton29 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.