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Flash Flood Warning 92, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 22, 1992Cuyahoga County, Medina County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-11-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 1992-11-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 342 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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
 
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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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 22, 8:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky52 min
Nov 22, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron51 min
Nov 22, 9:14 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie3 hr

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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.