Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 1992, 7:56 PM EDT for Columbiana County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 1992, 7:56 PM EDT (23:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 1992, 12:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Columbiana County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 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
- 128 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 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 KYNG 212359 FFWYNG OHC029-099-155-PAC073-085-220400- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 756 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN YOUNGSTOWN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...COLUMBIANA COUNTY...MAHONING COUNTY...TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA ...LAWRENCE COUNTY...MERCER COUNTY AT 755 PM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAD RECEIVED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODED DTREETS IN LEVITTSBURG IN TRUMBULL COUNTY. ALSO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT THE YOUNGSTOWN MUNICIAPL AIRPORT RECORDED INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR. WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAIN TO THE WEST. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN LOW LYING AREAS NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD STAY ALERT TO CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. 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. SITES
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 21, 3:13 PM EDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before
PAZ001-002-2015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 307 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS HEADING TOWARD THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE... AT 305 PM EDT WEATHER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM LONG POINT CANADA TO CONNEAUT OHIO. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE DURING THE NEXT HOUR...THEY WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS. TJP
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 4:16 PM EDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
PAZ001-002-004-212115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 405 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE PENNSYLVANIA LAKESHORE BETWEEN 330 AND 400 PM EDT PRODUCED UP TO THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THE ERIE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT RECEIVED .44 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN FIFTEEN MINUTES. ...BRINGING THE DAILY RAINFALL TOTAL TO 1.18 INCHES. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT THE HEAVY RAIN TO ERIE WILL BE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN ERIE COUNTY...CRAWFORD COUNTY AND WESTERN WARREN COUNTY BETWEEN 415 PM AND 500 PM EDT. PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERYH HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS. TJP
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 5:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
OHZ002-003-004-212215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 510 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 AT 5 PM EDT CLEVELAND WEATHER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS OVER EASTERN LORAIN COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AROUND 40 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY RAINS. SOME STREET FLODDING WAS REPORTED IN THE CITIES OF LORAIN AND ELYRIA AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS WERE ALSO GUSTING TO AROUND 35 TO 45 MPH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH MEDINA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES BETWEEN 515 PM AND 6 PM. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS MAY CAUSE SOME STREET FLOODING.
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 5:42 PM EDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
OHZ004-007-220100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH 540 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WERE ROAMING PARTS OF NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 535 PM EDT AKRON CANTON WEATHER RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT...AND PORTAGE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE BRIEF TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS THAT WILL CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. INTENSE AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING HAS ALSO BEEN OBSERVED WITH SROME OF THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN WAYNE...STARK...SUMMIT...AND PORTAGE COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALET FOR THE APPROACH OF THESE STORMS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. THOMPSON
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 6:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-220000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH 625 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 620 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND EXTENDING FROM NEAR GREENVILLE PENNSYLVANIA SOUTHWEST TO THE COLUMBIANA AND STARK COUNTY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF SHARON PENNSYLVANIA AND TO THE WEST OF SALEM OHIO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR THAT COULD CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS. ALSO FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 7:40 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 730 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 PAZ001-002-003-210000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 730 PM EDT MON SEP 21 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS BRINGING HEAVY RAIN TO PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY EASTWARD INTO WARREN AND VENANGO COUNTIES THIS EVENING. ERIE RADAR REPORTS SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE AREAS. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FUNNELS IN THE AREA OF THESE STORMS IN MERCER COUNTY. MEADVILLE REPORTS VERY HEAVY RAIN AT THIS TIME. PEOPLE LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR VERY HEAVY RAINS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 6:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Columbiana, Mahoning | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 7:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:33 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 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.