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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 29, 1994Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jan 29, 1994, 4:55 AM EST for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 29, 1994, 4:55 AM EST (09:55 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 1994, 11:00 AM EST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KFNT), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 187 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 1994-01-29Temperature 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1994-01-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 290959
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-093-291600-
 
BULLETIN -
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
455 AM EST SAT JAN 29 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM EST FOR PEOPLE
IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST OHIO
 
   ...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY
 
ALTHOUGH THE FLOOD SITUATION IMPROVED OVERNIGHT IN THE LAKESHORE
COUNTIES...SOME SEVERE FLOODING CONTINUED EARLY THIS MORNING OVER PARTS
OF LORAIN...CUYAHOGA AND GEAUGA COUNTIES.
 
FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ALONG THE VERMILLION RIVER IN LORAIN
COUNTY JUST BEFORE 5 AM. ICE JAMS HAVE CAUSED SEVERE FLOODING IN THE CITOF VERMILLION WHERE NUMEROUS HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED AND THE WATER WAS
STILL RISING SLOWLY.
 
IN CUYAHOGA COUNTY...FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING ALONG THE ROCKY RIVER
AND ALSO THE CUYAHOGA RIVER. IN GEAUGA COUNTY...FLOODING WAS REPORTED
NEAR THE CHAGRIN RIVER.
 
IN ADDITION...SOME ROADS WERE STILL REPORTED UNDER WATER IN ALL 3
COUNTIES. ICE JAMS ON OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNING AREA
COULD CAUSE UNEXPECTED FLOODING THIS MORNING. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD
PRONE AREA...BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.
 
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS IN THE DARK WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
GABRIC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 29, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECarroll, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison, Holmes, Tuscarawas6 hr
Jan 29, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEWashington6 hr
Jan 29, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEWayne6 hr
Jan 29, 4:37 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEBelmont6 hr
Jan 29, 4:55 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga6 hr
Jan 29, 4:56 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEColumbiana6 hr

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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.