Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1992, 12:50 AM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 17, 1992, 12:50 AM EDT (04:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 1992, 4:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 1591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KTOL 170452 FFWTOL OHC147-175-063-137-170845- BULLETIN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1250 AM EDT FRI JUL 17 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOLEDO HAS ISSUED A URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...SENECA COUNTY...WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY...PUTNAM COUNTY AT 1245 AM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PUTNAM...HANCOCK...SENECA...AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING. THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYSTHE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CITY DRAINAGE SYSTEMS TO OVERFLOW INTO LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. 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. MURPHY
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, Jul 16, 7:27 PM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FULTON COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM. AT 720 PM THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 224 AND BEECHWOOD ROAD...BOTH EAST OF FINDLAY AND C. R. 236. NONE OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN CROSSING ROADWAYS UNDER WATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAINFALL TO FULTON COUNTY HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE COUNTY AND RADAR IS NOT INDICATING ANY ADDITION RAIN AT THIS TIME. THE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE BY 8 PM. THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. HUGHES
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:36 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM. AT 720 PM THE FULTON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 224 AND BEECHWOOD ROAD...BOTH EAST OF FINDLAY AND C. R. 236. NONE OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN CROSSING ROADWAYS UNDER WATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAINFALL TO HANCOCKCOUNTY HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE COUNTY AND RADAR IS NOT INDICATING ANY ADDITION RAIN AT THIS TIME. THE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE BY 8 PM. THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. HUGHES CORRECTED FULTON COUNTY TO READ HANCOCK COUNTY
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
OHZ002-003-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 735 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 730 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AVAON LAKE TO JUEST WEST OF MEDINA. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL THROUGH THE CLEVELAND TO AKRON AREA THROUGH 830 PM EDT. WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND ROAD SIDE DITCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS REACH 1/2 INCH WITHIN AN HOUR. KAPELA
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:37 PM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 725 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM. AT 720 PM THE HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP ROADS UNDER WATER...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAY 224 AND BEECHWOOD ROAD...BOTH EAST OF FINDLAY AND C. R. 236. NONE OF THE ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED BUT CAUTION SHOULD BE USED WHEN CROSSING ROADWAYS UNDER WATER. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAINFALL TO HANCOCK COUNTY HAVE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE COUNTY AND RADAR IS NOT INDICATING ANY ADDITION RAIN AT THIS TIME. THE WATER SHOULD BEGIN TO RECEDE BY 8 PM. THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM WARNING WILL BE ALLOW TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. HUGHES CORRECTED FULTON COUNTY TO READ HANCOCK COUNTY
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 7:40 PM EDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ002-003-170030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 735 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 730 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM AVON LAKE TO JUST WEST OF MEDINA. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL ROLL THROUGH THE CLEVELAND TO AKRON AREA THROUGH 830 PM EDT. WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME MINOR PONDING OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND ROAD SIDE DITCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS REACH 1/2 INCH WITHIN AN HOUR. KAPELA CORRECTED FOR SPELLING ERRORS
Special weather statement, Jul 16, 8:35 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-130630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 835 PM EDT THU JUL 16 1992 AT 835 PM EDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM PAINESVILLE TO JUST WEST OF CANTON. THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE YOUNGSTOWN...WARREN AREA AROUND 915 PM EDT. WINDS GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS WILL BE PRODUCED BY THE STORMS AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME MINOR PONDIXNG OF WATER IN LOW SPOTS AND ROAD SIDE DITCHES CAN BE EXPECTED AS RAINFALL AMOUNTS REACH 1/2 INCH WITHIN AN HOUR. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:50 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 4:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Putnam | 4 hr |
| Jul 17, 8:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Putnam | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 12:11 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 5 hr |
| Jul 17, 1:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
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.