Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 99, NWS Cleveland, OH
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.
- 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
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. &
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 THROUGH 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.
JOHNSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 30, 9:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:25 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:35 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 3 hr |
| Dec 30, 10:28 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 3 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:31 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 1:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas, Putnam, Wood | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 2:29 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 5:40 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 5 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 6:21 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 4 hr |
| Dec 31, 10:13 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 6 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.