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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 6, 1993Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 6, 1993, 8:50 AM EST for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 1993, 8:50 AM EST (13:50 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 1993, 11:39 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wayne County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 1993-03-06Temperature 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 1993-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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 KCAK 061352
FFWCAK
OHC169-061745-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH
850 AM EST SAT MAR 6 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 835 AM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT THE
CHIPPEWA CREEK SOUTH OF DOYLESTOWN IN NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY WAS OUT OF
ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOODING THE FIELDS NEAR THE CREEK. THE WAYNE COUNTY
SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT STATED THAT WHEN THE CHIPPEWA CREEK DOES FLOOD IT
USUALLY DOES NOT FLOOD ANY ROADS.
 
 
 
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.
 
 
 
IK

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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.