Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 1995, 2:33 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 1995, 2:33 PM EDT (18:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 469 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 261834 FFWCLE OHC153-262030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 233 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST OHIO ...SUMMIT COUNTY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SERIES OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTH ACROSS SUMMIT COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS OF 2 INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS WHICH WILL PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS AND STREAMS. THE STORMS WILL MOVE NORTH OF SUMMIT COUNTY BY AROUND 4 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. KOSARIK
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 26, 2:18 PM EDT, 15 minutes before
OHZ001>050-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 218 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM.. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN OHIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THESE COUNTIES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHERN OHIO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT 215 PM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM TOLEDO EAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO NEAR CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEAST TO CANTON. ANOTHER WEAKER BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM SENECA COUNTY EAST TO MANSFIELD AND WAYNE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW- LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS OF TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAPLANTE
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:19 PM EDT, 14 minutes before
OHZ001>050-DDHHMM- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 218 PM EDT MON JUN 26 1995 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM.. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN OHIO LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE INTO THESE COUNTIES. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN ARE THE MAIN THREATS. ELSEWHERE OVER NORTHERN OHIO NUMEROUS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. AT 215 PM THE MOST INTENSE STORMS EXTENDED FROM TOLEDO EAST ALONG THE LAKESHORE TO NEAR CLEVELAND AND SOUTHEAST TO CANTON. ANOTHER WEAKER BAND OF STORMS EXTENDED FROM SENECA COUNTY EAST TO MANSFIELD AND WAYNE COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH ABOUT 15 MPH. THE SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW- LYING AREAS ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS OF TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. LAPLANTE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 1:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 2:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 63 min |
| Jun 26, 7:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 63 min |
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.