Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 6, 1994, 4:10 PM EDT (20:10 UTC)

Expired

Jul 6, 1994, 6:15 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties McKean County, PA, Potter County, PA

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE PA
410 PM EDT WED JUL 6 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ERIE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM EDT
FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...MCKEAN COUNTY...POTTER COUNTY
 
RADAR AT 410 PM EDT SHOWED POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED OVER
MCKEAN AND POTTER COUNTIES.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 M
. 
IN ADDITION TO PRODUCING POSSIBLE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING
OF STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
BCL/TJP/NRS

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 PM EDT TUE JUL 5 1994

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN OHIO
UNTIL 8 PM EDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE TOLEDO AND DEFIANCE.

AT 239 PM EDT CLEVELAND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO PRECIPITATION IN THE
WATCH AREA. HOWEVER...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHERN
OHIO. THE STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.

THE AIRMASS ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE...AND THERE
IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THE
WATCH AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

PEOPLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE
LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY SHOULD
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACH OR A WARNING BE ISSUED.

HOVIS

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 1994Every flash flood warning in 1994

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.