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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 25, 1995Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 1995, 3:40 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 1995, 3:40 PM EDT (19:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 1995, 5:45 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Stark County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 80 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1146 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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 251941
FFWCLE
OHC151-252145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...STARK COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM
ACCOMPANIED BY DOWNPORS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ABOUT 1 TO
2 INCHES OF RALL HAS FALLEN WITH THIS STORM OVER STARK COUNTY.
 
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE T\OO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
END/COMEAUX

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, Jun 25, 11:45 AM EDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
OHZALL-DDHHMM-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER ALL OF OHIO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME
STORMS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY WILL BE SLOW
MOVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

TK
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:46 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
OHZALL-DDHHMM-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR OHIO
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1145 AM EDT SUN JUN 25 1995

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY SAYS THAT
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER ALL OF OHIO THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

A WARM AND UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE COMBINED WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE WILL
BE ENOUGH TO TRIGGER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
OVER ALL OF OHIO. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE WITH
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS ARE EXPECTED WITH SOME
STORMS AND SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING IS POSSIBLE SINCE THEY WILL BE SLOW
MOVING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.

TK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky55 min
Jun 25, 3:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995

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.