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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 15, 1995Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1995, 7:18 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1995, 7:18 PM EDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1995, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 1995-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 182 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 1995-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
182 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-179 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 152320
FFWCLE
OHC123-160115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
718 PM EDT TUE AUG 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...OTTAWA COUNTY
 
AT 717 PM EDT...A SEVERE WEATHER OBSERVER AT OAK HARBOR IN OTTAWA COUNTY
REPORTED THAT 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 630 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.
 
 
BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 2:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes61 min
Aug 15, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas117 min
Aug 15, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa61 min
Aug 15, 3:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox59 min
Aug 15, 5:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron45 min
Aug 15, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEFulton60 min
Aug 15, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEFulton41 min
Aug 15, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock68 min
Aug 15, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca59 min
Aug 15, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky61 min
Aug 15, 6:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood42 min
Aug 15, 6:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa68 min
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca63 min
Aug 15, 7:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning68 min
Aug 15, 7:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Medina61 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.