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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 17, 1993Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 17, 1993, 9:51 AM EST for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 1993, 9:51 AM EST (14:51 UTC)
Expired
Nov 17, 1993, 1:00 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1993-11-17Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1993-11-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 181 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
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 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 171453
FFWCLE
OHC007-035-055-085-093-103-171700-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
951 AM EST WED NOV 17 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY
   ...LAKE COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN FALLING
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN NEAR LAKE ERIE OVER
NORTHEAST OHIO. RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE HAS BEEN COMMON SINCE EARLY
MORNING.
 
PONDING OF WATER CAN BE EXPECTED ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODING OF POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS IS LIKELY.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY...THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW FOR SAFE PASSAGE.
 
 
KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 9:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Geauga, Lake3 hr
Nov 17, 12:55 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMonroe, Washington65 min
Nov 17, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHarrison, Jefferson66 min
Nov 17, 5:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEMonroe, Noble, Washington2 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.