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Flash Flood Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 30, 19924 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 30, 1992, 9:25 PM EST for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 30, 1992, 9:25 PM EST (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 1992, 12:30 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1992-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1992-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, Dec 30, 6:15 PM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes before
OHZ002>004-310045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
614 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 600 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN FALLING
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OHIO WITH A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN
SHOWERS EXTENDING FROM CLEVELAND TO SANDUSKY BAY TO MANSFIELD TO
CLEVELAND. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 550 PM A WEATHER SERVICE EMPLOYEE REPORTED STREET FLOODING AT THE
INTERSECTION OF SMITH ROAD AND BIG CREEK PARKWAY IN MIDDLEBURG HEIGHTS.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED OVER ONE-HALF INCH ACROSS
NORTHERN OHIO THIS AFTERNOON WITH 1.09 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT* AT
CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT.

MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NEVER
DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA.JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:12 PM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
OHZ002>004-310115-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
812 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING.

AT 800 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN FALLING
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF OHIO NORTH OF A CANTON...ASHLAND...TOLEDO
LINE WITH A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS EXTENDING OVER CUYAHOGA
AND MEDINA COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED OVER ONE-HALF INCH ACROSS
NORTHERN OHIO FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH OVER ONE AN INCH /1.47/
SINCE MIDNIGHT AT CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT.../1.29/ AT TOLEDO AND
ALMOST 2 INCHES /1.90/ AT STRYKER IN EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO.

MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NEVER
DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 8:21 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ004-007-310320-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON CANTON OH
819 PM EST WED DEC 30 1992

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT.

AT 800 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTH
OF A SANDUSKY...AKRON...YOUNGSTOWN LINE. THE RAIN WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE ACROSS SUMMIT AND
PORTAGE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS. THIS RAIN IN
ADDITION TO ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN MAY CAUSE SOME AREAS TO
FLOOD...ESPECIALLY THOSE PRONE TO FLOODING.

MOTORISTS DRIVING ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION
AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH A FLOODED AREA.
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KINSELLA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 9:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain3 hr
Dec 30, 9:35 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula3 hr
Dec 30, 10:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEFulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Wood3 hr
Dec 30, 10:28 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLESandusky3 hr
Dec 31, 12:31 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake6 hr
Dec 31, 12:31 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina6 hr
Dec 31, 1:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Summit5 hr
Dec 31, 2:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEFulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Wood4 hr
Dec 31, 2:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Seneca4 hr
Dec 31, 2:29 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot4 hr
Dec 31, 5:40 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Summit5 hr
Dec 31, 6:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake4 hr
Dec 31, 6:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina4 hr
Dec 31, 6:21 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron4 hr
Dec 31, 10:13 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage, Summit6 hr

Nearby

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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.