Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 22, 1992, 10:34 PM EST for Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Nov 22, 1992, 10:34 PM EST (03:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 23, 1992, 1:30 AM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Medina County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1201 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 342 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 230335 FFWCLE OHC035-103-230630- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1034 PM EST SUN NOV 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING IS LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA. AT 1030 PM EST RADAR SHOWED A THUNDERSTORM WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN OVER MEDINA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO CUYAHOGA COUNTY. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND THE STREAMS AND CREEKS ARE HIGH THIS BRIEF HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE FLOODING. ROADWAYS MAY ALSO FLOOD. THE HEAVY RAIN SHOULD END IN MEDINA COUNTY BY 11 PM AND CUYAHOGA BY MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE EVEN AFTER THE HEAVY RAIN ENDS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH DMAY 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, 3 hours 11 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, 1 hour 28 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 | Huron | 51 min |
| Nov 22, 9:14 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 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.