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Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 31, 19925 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 31, 1992, 12:31 AM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 1992, 12:31 AM EST (05:31 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 1992, 6:30 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 185 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, Detroit, MI 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 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1992-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
545 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
87 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 310534
FFWCLE
OHC043-077-007-035-055-085-093-103-311130-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1231 AM EST THU DEC 31 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CONTINUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY...HURON COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY
   ...LAKE COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. NUMEROUS
REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING AND SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS HAVE BEEN
REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA.
 
AT 1225 AM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST EAST
OF TOLEDO AND FINDLAY TO ASHTABULA COUNTY AND SOUTH TO THE AKRON AREA.
THE RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF
IN THE SANDUSKY AND NORWALK AREAS BY 2 AM AND IN THE CLEVELAND AREA BY 4
AM.
 
 
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
ABANDONE6D QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
 
 
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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, 8:12 PM EST, 4 hours 19 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, 4 hours 10 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.
>
KINSELLA
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 10:08 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes before
OHZALL-310345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1007 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992

...FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE IN EFFECT FOR THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES OF
NORTHEAST OHIO UNTIL 1235 AM...

THE COUNTIES INCLUDE ASHTABULA... LAKE... CUYAHOGA... GEAUGA...
LORAIN... ERIE AND HURON COUNTIES.

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING. AT 945 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN FALLING
OVER THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO
THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY RANGED OVER ONE INCH ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH OVER NEAR TWO INCHES AT SOME
LOCATIONS.  SINCE MIDNIGHT AT CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT /2.00/... PARMA
/1.97/... /1.70/ NORTH OLMSTED.../1.94/ BEECHWOOD... SHAKER HEIGHTS
/1.58/ INCHES.

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

A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHERN OHIO OVERNIGHT AND
MEANDER SOUTH OF THE STATE ON THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL PROVIDE PERIODS
OF RAIN AND DRIZZLE OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY.

THE STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW OF WARM MOIST AIR WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES
NEARLY STEADY ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 50S. MORNING
HIGHS WILL CONTINUE IN THE 50S THEN FALL BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE 30S
BY EVENING.

SKIES WILL CONTINUE CLOUDY THURSDAY NIGHT AND NEW YEARS DAY WITH A
CHANCE OF FLURRIES ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHEAST. LOWS THURSDAY NIGHT
WILL BE IN THE UPPER 20S ACROSS THE NORTH AND THE LOWER 30S OVER THE
SOUTH. HIGHS ON NEW YEARS DAY WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S TO THE MID
30S.

JOHNSON
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 11:23 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes before
OHZ004-PAZ003-310900-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN OH
1123 PM EST WED DEC 30 1992

A FLOOD WATCH FOR STREAMS AND CREEKS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM
THURSDAY MORNING FOR MERCER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES IN WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA. ALSO A DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT
IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA
TONIGHT. THE HEAVIER RAIN HAS BEEN OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN TRUMBULL
AND MERCER COUNTIES. AS OF 1100 PM OVER ONE AND ONE-THIRD /1.39/
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT SINCE MIDNIGHT.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS HAS BEEN
REPORTED TONIGHT. SOME SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ALSO ON THE RISE.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF STANDING WATER AND DO NOT TRY TO CROSS
AREAS OF HIGH WATER. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Dec 30, 11:27 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
OHZ002-003-310545-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1125 PM EST MON DEC 30 1992

...FLOOD WARNINGS FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS UNTIL 1230 AM FOR THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST OHIO...

THE COUNTIES INCLUDE ASHTABULA... LAKE... CUYAHOGA... GEAUGA...
LORAIN... ERIE AND HURON.

RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TONIGHT. AT 1120 PM
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED RAIN FALLING OVER THE LAKE
SHORE COUNTIES OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH AN AREA OF MODERATE RAIN EAST OF
CLEVELAND IN LAKE AND GEAUGA COUNTIES. THE RAIN WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS HAVE CLIMBED TO OVER 1.5 INCHES AT MOST LOCATIONS IN
THE WARNING COUNTIES.

   RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE MIDNIGHT.

                                INCHES
   CLEVELAND-HOPKINS AIRPORT    2.00
   NORTH ROYALTON               2.32
   OLMSTED FALLS                1.79
   STRONGSVILLE                 1.93
   MAPLE HEIGHTS                1.65
   SHAKER HEIGHTS               1.65
   BRECKSVILLE                  1.94
   WESTLAKE                     1.23
   PARMA                        1.95

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

JOHNSON

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, 9:25 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake3 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, 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.