Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 10, 1994, 12:57 AM EST for Jefferson County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 1994, 12:57 AM EST (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 1994, 3:18 AM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Jefferson County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 56 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
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 593 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 665 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 KCAK 100557 FFWCAK OHC081-101200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 1257 AM EST THU MAR 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 AM EST FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...... IN EAST CENTRAL OHIO ...JEFFERSON COUNTY NEARLY ONE AND THREE QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA DURING THE LAST 24 HOURS. RADAR AT 1255 AM WAS INDICATING BANDS OF HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY FLOOD SOME STREETS AND POSSIBLY SEND SOME SMALL STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. 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. RLB
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, Mar 9, 7:20 PM EST, 5 hours 37 minutes before
OHZ003-006>008-016>018-027-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 719 PM EST WED MAR 9 1994 A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. THE SNOW ADVISORY COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO... LUCAS...HANCOCK...PUTNAM...WOOD...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA AND WYANDOT. AT 715 PM EST SNOW...MOSTLY LIGHT...WAS FALLING ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. ONE INCH OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT SINCE THE SNOW BEGAN EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR... ACCORDING TO SHERIFF'S OFFICES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...RANGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES. ROADS IN NORTHWEST OHIO WERE EITHER WET OR LIGHTLY SNOW COVERED. IF Y\OU ARE TRAVELING IN NORTHWEST OHIO THIS EVENING...USE CAUTION. ROADS WILL BE SLIPPERY. A TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY IS FORECAST FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 7:32 PM EST, 5 hours 25 minutes before
OHZALL-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND AFTERNOON OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 730 PM EST WED MAR 9 1994 WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF OHIO TONIGHT AND FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OHIO. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST... CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE CINCINNATI...DAYTON...COLUMBUS...MANSFIELD...AKRON...YOUNGSTOWN AND CLEVELAND. A SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE SNOW ADVISORY INCLUDE TOLEDO...FINDLAY AND LIMA. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY INCLUDE CANTON...DOVER...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...PORTSMOUTH AND CHILLICOTHE. FINALLY...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST OHIO. SOME CITIES IN THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDE STEUBENVILLE...ATHENS... GALLIPOLIS AND PORTSMOUTH. A LOW PRESSURE STORM SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL TENNESSEE THIS EVENING WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TO WESTERN NEW YORK BY THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL FALL FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST OHIO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BE MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO EARLY TONIGHT. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST OHIO EARLY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES OVER SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL OHIO WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO. SNOW WILL FALL ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO OVERNIGHT WITH LESSER AMOUNTS EXPECTED. THE SNOW SHOULD ACCUMULATE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. A MIX OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVER EAST CENTRAL AND FAR SOUTHERN OHIO EARLY TONIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX WILL THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT AS COLDER AIR MOVES IN. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. MAINLY RAIN WILL FALL OVER FAR SOUTHEAST OHIO TONIGHT. THE RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT COUPLED WITH THE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL TODAY COULD CAUSE SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. HENCE...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. PERSONS LIVING NEAR FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD MONITOR WATER LEVELS AND BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. THE SNOW WILL END OVER WESTERN OHIO TOWARD MORNING AND DIMINISH TO FLURRIES OVER EASTERN OHIO DURING THURSDAY MORNING. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS BEEN REPORTED ACROSS SOUTHWEST OHIO AND CENTRAL OHIO THIS EVENING. NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST OHIO HAS HAD ABOUT 1 TO 3 INCHES OFp SNOW. NORTHWEST OHIO HAD ABOUT AN INCH OF SNOW. WCR
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:36 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN, OH
1035 PM EST WED MAR 09 1994
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR LAWRENCE AND
MERCER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR TRUMBULL...
MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO.
A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING OVER THE MAHONING AND
SHENANGO VALLEYS THIS EVENING.
AT 1000 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A WIDE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LOCATIONS
SOUTH AND EAST OF A FRANKLIN PA...YOUNGSTOWN...CAMBRIDGE OHIO LINE WERE
RECEIVING MAINLY RAIN...WHILE LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE WERE
SEEING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
THIS PRECIPITATION WAS OUT AHEAD OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE THAT AT
900 PM EST WAS LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY. AS THIS LOW TRACKS
ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT THE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW. OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 1-2
INCH RANGE.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE TRICKY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
TOMORROW. BE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
VEENEMANSpecial weather statement, Mar 9, 10:36 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
OHZALL-100800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1035 PM EST WED MAR 9 1994 ...WINTER STORM WARNINGS OR ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF OHIO TONIGHT. A FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN OHIO... SOME OF THE CITIES IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING INCLUDE...CINCINNATI... DAYTON...COLUMBUS...MANSFIELD...AKRON...AND CLEVELAND. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE SNOW ADVISORY ARE TOLEDO...FINDLAY... LIMA...CANTON...DOVER...STEUBENVILLE...ZANESVILLE...PORTSMOUTH AND CHILLICOTHE AND YOUNGSTOWN. SOME OF THE CITIES INCLUDED IN THE FLOOD WATCH ARE STEUBENVILLE... ATHENS...GALLIPOLIS AND PORTSMOUTH. AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE TENNESSEE VALLEY WAS BRINGING MOISTURE OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO AND THE ATLANTIC TO GIVE OHIO A WINTERY MIX OF PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING. THE LOW IS FORECASTED TO RIDE ALONG THE APPALACHIANS AND INTO NEW YORK STATE BY THURSDAY MORNING. THE TRACK OF THIS LOW WILL KEEP SNOW FALLING ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT WITH THE PRECIPITATION ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS THE STATE RANGED FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL...AROUND AN INCH OR LESS IN EXTREME NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES IN NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE STATE WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING 5 TO 7 INCHES FROM SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL TO NORTHEAST. FOR THE NORTHWEST 2 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED. SOUTHEAST OHIO WILL MAINLY GET RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE TURNING OVER TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. THIS PART OF THE STATE HAS ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TODAY AND THE ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT COULD CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TONIGHT AS ROADWAYS ACROSS THE NORTHWESTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE STATE ARE SLIPPERY. < ON THE LATEST WEATHER MAP...LOW PRESSURE WAS OVER NORTHEAST TENNESSEE. IT WILL MOVE TO WESTERN NEW YORK THURSDAY MORNING AND THEN CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE CANADIAN MARITIMES THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS TOMORROW AND INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST ON THIS WINTER STORM. TIPTON/WCR
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 10:41 PM EST, 2 hours 16 minutes before
OHZ003-006>008-016>018-027-100700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 1042 PM EST WED MAR 9 1994 A SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST OHIO TONIGHT. THE SNOW ADVISORY COVERS THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO... LUCAS...HANCOCK...PUTNAM...WOOD...OTTAWA...SANDUSKY...SENECA AND WYANDOT. AT 1040 PM EST SNOW...MOSTLY LIGHT...WAS FALLING ACROSS ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO. THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT TOLEDO EXPRESS AIRPORT SINCE THE SNOW BEGAN EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SO FAR...ACCORDING TO SHERIFF'S OFFICES AND WEATHER SPOTTERS IN NORTHWEST OHIO...RANGED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. MOST ROADS IN NORTHWEST OHIO WERE SNOW COVERED AND SLIPPERY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING IN NORTHWEST OHIO OVERNIGHT...USE CAUTION. ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. A TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATION OF 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW BY DAYBREAK IS FORECAST FOR THE ADVISORY AREA. MURPHY
Special weather statement, Mar 9, 11:06 PM EST, 1 hour 51 minutes before
OHZ023-033-041-PAZ007-013-100430-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE YOUNGSTOWN, OH
1104 PM EST WED MAR 09 1994
...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR LAWRENCE AND
MERCER COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT FOR TRUMBULL...
MAHONING AND COLUMBIANA COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST OHIO.
A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION WAS FALLING OVER THE MAHONING AND
SHENANGO VALLEYS THIS EVENING.
AT 1000 PM EST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED A WIDE AREA OF
PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. LOCATIONS
SOUTH AND EAST OF A FRANKLIN PA...YOUNGSTOWN...CAMBRIDGE OHIO LINE WERE
RECEIVING MAINLY RAIN...WHILE LOCATIONS NORTH AND WEST OF THIS LINE WERE
SEEING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
ACROSS OUR AREA OVERNIGHT THE RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL
CHANGE BACK OVER TO SNOW. OVERNIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 1-2
INCH RANGE.
TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE TRICKY FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE
TOMORROW. BE SURE TO ALLOW PLENTY OF EXTRA TIME TO GET TO YOUR
DESTINATION.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
VEENEMAN
...ADDED ZONES AND EXPIRATION TO HEADER...Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994
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.