Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 90, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 1992, 9:14 PM EST for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 51 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 9:14 PM EST (02:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 22, 1992, 10:05 PM EST
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 72 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 596 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 984 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 230215 FFWCLE OHC043-077-230515- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 914 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN THE WARNING AREA. AT 910 PM RADAR SHOWED A NARROW BUT STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THISLANDS THROUGH WILLARD IN HURON COUNTY. OVER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN FINDLAY IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS THIS EVENING AND MONTPELIER HAD OVER AN INCH THIS EVENING. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED MORE INTENSE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS AND SMALL STREAMS. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END BY 10 PM IN THE WARNING AREA...HOWEVER...FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS WILL LAST FOR AWHILE. 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. FMK &
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, Nov 22, 7:23 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-230130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 721 PM EST SUN NOV 23 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLAND AND CENTRAL LAKESHORE COUNTIES OF OHIO UNTIL 11 PM...NAMELY... PUTNAM...HANCOCK...WYANDOT...AND SENECA COUNTIES. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. AT 720 PM WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WILLIAMS COUNTY IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO TO PUTNAM COUNTY. AT 705 PM A WEATHER OBSERVER IN BRYAN IN SOUTH CENTRAL WILLIAMS COUNTY REPORTED PEA-SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 815 PM THE STORMS WILL EXTEND FROM CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY TO NEAR FINDLAY OHIO. PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE TORNADO WATCH AREA AND THE FLOOD WATCH AREA MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE SERIOUS WEATHER AND MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MURPHY @
Special weather statement, Nov 22, 9:06 PM EST, 8 minutes before
OHZ011-006-230400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MANSFIELD OH 906 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 3 AM MONDAY MORNING. A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF OHIO FOR TONIGHT. AT 9 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SANDUSKY TO COLUMBUS. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL ENTER WESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY BY 910 PM. AT 850 PM THE WYANDOT SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL AS THE STORM MOVED THROUGH UPPER SANDUSKY. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER THREATENS. DOXEY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 22, 8:53 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 52 min |
| Nov 22, 9:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 3 hr |
| Nov 22, 10:34 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina | 3 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.