Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1994
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 1994, 6:43 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1994, 6:43 PM EDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1994, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Trumbull County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1337 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 864 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 KCLE 022248 FFWCLE OHC155-022345- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 643 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...TRUMBULL COUNTY AT 640 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHEAST TRUMBULL COUNTY...JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE YOUNGSTOWN AIRPORT AND TO THE EAST OF NILES. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS... FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS WHICH MAY CAUSER FLOODING OF DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. GABRIC
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, Aug 2, 12:50 PM EDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION@ FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 12:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
OHZ002>003-005>014-017>023-027>032-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-021900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF OHIO AND WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AT 1245 PM...DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INDICATED A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM MERCER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA...SOUTHWEST THROUGH YOUNGSTOWN AND THEN ON TO NEAR COLUMBUS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN SOUTHEAST LOWER MICHIGAN. A THUNDERSTORM WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED OVER HOLMES COUNTY TO THE SOUTH OF MILLERSBURG. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MPH. THE SLOW MOVEMENT MEANS THAT LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER DEVELOPS...MOVE INDOORS TO A SUBSTANTIAL BUILDING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISIOND FOR UPDATES. GABRIC
Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:25 PM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
CLELSRTOL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 425 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 TO: CLE ATTN: LARRY GABRIC FM: TOL LUCAS COUNTY. 240 PM EDT...TIME ESTIMATED. NORTH TOLEDO. SIX INCH DIAMETER BRACNCHES DOWNED BY HIGH WIND. SOURCE...SKYWARN SPOTTER MURPHY
Local storm report, Aug 2, 4:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
CLELSRTOL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOLEDO OH 425 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 TO: CLE ATTN: LARRY GABRIC FM: TOL LUCAS COUNTY. 240 PM EDT...TIME ESTIMATED. NORTH TOLEDO. SIX INCH DIAMETER BRACNCHES DOWNED BY HIGH WIND. SOURCE...SKYWARN SPOTTER MURPHY
Local storm report, Aug 2, 6:37 PM EDT, 6 minutes before
STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AKRON OH 736 PM EDT TUE AUG 2 1994 TIME (EDT) 1323 TREES DOWNED ON SR 8 NORTH OF DOVER TUSCARAWAS CO. 1446 TREES DOWNED IN NOBLE COUNTY 1505 TREES DOWNED IN GURNSEY CO ALL REPORTS COURTESY OF THE RESPECTIVE SHERIFFS OFFICE. MARTIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 11:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 1:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Tuscarawas | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 2:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Wood | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Guernsey, Noble | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Carroll | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 6:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 62 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.