Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 1994, 9:07 PM EDT for Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1994, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 1994, 3:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 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 080108 FFWCAK OHC133-153-081000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 907 PM EDT THU JUL 7 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AKRON HAS EXTENDED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...S... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...PORTAGE COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY SERIOUS FLOODING WAS STILL OCCURRING IN SUMMIT AND PORTAGE COUNTIES. AT 850 PM THE SUMMIT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED CARS WERE UNDER WATER BETWEEN WATERLOO AND SWARTZ IN COVENTRY TOWNSHIP. WATERLOO AND MAIN STREETS WERE ALSO FLOODED. IN PORTAGE COUNTY RT. 303 BETWEEN HUNDSON AND STREETSBORO WERE UNDER WATER. FROST ROAD EAST OF RT. 43 WAS ALSO FLOODED. 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, Jul 7, 6:00 PM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. WEATHER RADAR FROM ERIE AND DOPPLER RADAR FROM BOTH PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM NEAR MT JEWETT...SOUTH TO NEAR RIDGWAY AND EAST TO EMPORIUM AND GALETON. OTHER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN WARREN COUNTY. IN THE VICINITY OF YOUNGSVILLE AND TIDIOUTE. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 6:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-072315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 600 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... AT 600 PM WEATHER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. WEATHER RADAR FROM ERIE AND DOPPLER RADAR FROM BOTH PITTSBURGH AND STATE COLLEGE SHOWED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM NEAR MT JEWETT...SOUTH TO NEAR RIDGWAY AND EAST TO EMPORIUM AND GALETON. OTHER SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER WESTERN WARREN COUNTY. IN THE VICINITY OF YOUNGSVILLE AND TIDIOUTE. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 700 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:05 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 700 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER THE PORTION OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AN&D STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:10 PM EDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 7:14 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
PAZ001>006-008>011-080000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ERIE, PA 710 PM EDT THU JUL 07 1994 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MCKEAN AND CAMERON COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM EDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 10 PM EDT... ...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEATHER SERVICE RADAR FROM ERIE SHOWED SLOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN...HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING...LOCATED OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...EASTWARD INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF THE STATE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR YOUNGSVILLE...EAST THROUGH WARREN AND CLARENDON IN WARREN COUNTY. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER FOREST COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIENVILLE...AND ALSO OVER MCKEAN COUNTY IN THE VICINITY OF LUDLOW...KANE AND BRADFORD. ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHEASTERN OHIO AND WILL BE AFFECTING ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES OF PENNSYLVANIA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH. RAINFALL HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING MAY OCCUR FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS ...ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS OF PENNSYLVANIA. REMEMBER...THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ALONG WITH DEADLY CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING. BE ON THE ALERT FOR FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL...AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS OR RAPIDLY FLOWING STREAMS SINCE THE DEPTH OF6 THE WATER MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOU TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP TUNED FOR LATER AND STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS THROUGHOUT THE EVENING HOURS. BCL/NRS/FPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 10:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 36 min |
| Jul 7, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 61 min |
| Jul 7, 11:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 54 min |
| Jul 7, 11:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 46 min |
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.