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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 27, 1995Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 27, 1995, 2:28 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 2:28 PM EDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
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 18:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 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
609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 271831
FFWCLE
OHC153-272030-
 
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
228 PM EDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SUMMIT COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THUNDERSTORMS OVER
SUMMIT COUNTY PRODUCING RAIN HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING. THESE
STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY NORTH AT 15 MPH.
 
 
MOST 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.
 
EzND/COMEAUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Henry71 min
Jun 26, 9:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood62 min
Jun 27, 1:48 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow3 hr
Jun 27, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit68 min
Jun 27, 2:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga64 min
Jun 27, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit66 min
Jun 27, 6:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood34 min
Jun 27, 7:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca46 min

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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.