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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 12, 1995Sandusky County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 1995, 7:34 PM EDT for Sandusky County, Ohio. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1995, 7:34 PM EDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1995, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Sandusky County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 702 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 1995-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
702 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-73 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
913 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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 122336
FFWCLE
OHC143-130130-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
734 PM EDT SAT AUG 12 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND
SMALL STREAM FLOOD WARNING UNTIL  930 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...SANDUSKY COUNTY
 
AT 730 PM DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND WAS SHOWING THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN FROM WALBRIDGE IN WOOD COUNTY TO LINDSEY IN SANDUSKY COUNTY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE CLOSE TO THE TOWN OF FREMONT BY 8 PM.
 
DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN AROUND 2 INCHES BETWEEN 630 PM AND
730 PM. URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING MAY OCCUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEhHICLE 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas48 min

Nearby

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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.