Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1993, 4:15 PM EDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 6:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 517 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 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 042016 FFWCLE OHC035-055-042215- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 415 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY HEAVY RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING FLOODING OF ROADS AND POOR DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. SMALL STREAMS MAY RISE QUICKLY DURING THE HEAVY RAINS. 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 ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. KOSARIK
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, Jul 4, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1220 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER CONTINUED TO BUILD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS 4TH OF JULY AFTERNOON. AS OF 1215 PM EDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT WAS 89 DEGREES...AND CLIMBING. THE DEW POINT HAD BEEN HOLDING STEADY AROUND 75 DEGREES. THAT COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT YIELDED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 65-70 PERCENT. THEREFORE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EASILY ENCOMPASS THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 90S POSSIBLE IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO DUE TO THE ABILITY OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TO HOLD IN MORE HEAT. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES PLANNED...HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP STAVE OFF HEAT FATIGUE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LOOSE FITTING CLOTHES THAT ARE LIGHT COLORED IN NATURE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THE SUN AND AVOID EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH TEND TO DEHYDRATE THE BODY. HAVE A FUN...BUT SAFE 4TH OF JULY. BARNES
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 12:20 PM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
OHZ001-002-011-041800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1220 PM EDT SUN JUL 4 1993 THE FIRST HEAT WAVE OF THE SUMMER CONTINUED TO BUILD INTO NORTHWEST OHIO THIS 4TH OF JULY AFTERNOON. AS OF 1215 PM EDT THE TEMPERATURE AT THE TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT WAS 89 DEGREES...AND CLIMBING. THE DEW POINT HAD BEEN HOLDING STEADY AROUND 75 DEGREES. THAT COMBINATION OF TEMPERATURE AND DEWPOINT YIELDED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF AROUND 65-70 PERCENT. THEREFORE...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL EASILY ENCOMPASS THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. TEMPERATURES WILL REACH THE LOWER 90S THIS AFTERNOON...WITH READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 90S POSSIBLE IN DOWNTOWN TOLEDO DUE TO THE ABILITY OF CONCRETE AND ASPHALT TO HOLD IN MORE HEAT. IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR FESTIVITIES PLANNED...HERE ARE A FEW TIPS TO HELP STAVE OFF HEAT FATIGUE AND POTENTIALLY DEADLY HEAT STROKE. DRINK PLENTY OF WATER...WEAR LOOSE FITTING CpLOTHES THAT ARE LIGHT COLORED IN NATURE...AVOID PROLONGED EXPOSURE IN THE SUN AND AVOID EXCESSIVE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHICH TEND TO DEHYDRATE THE BODY. HAVE A FUN...BUT SAFE 4TH OF JULY. BARNES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 3:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 38 min |
| Jul 4, 4:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 59 min |
| Jul 4, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 4:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 68 min |
| Jul 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 5:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison, Tuscarawas | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 5:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Belmont, Guernsey, Monroe, Noble | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 116 min |
| Jul 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 116 min |
| Jul 4, 6:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Harrison | 57 min |
| Jul 4, 6:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Jefferson | 69 min |
| Jul 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Belmont, Carroll, Harrison, Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Monroe | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.