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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 1995Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1995, 3:58 PM EDT (19:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1995, 6:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 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

Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 117 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 291 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, Dayton/James M C, OH at 12:00Z on 1995-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
291 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-148 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 212000
FFWCLE
OHC101-212200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
358 PM EDT WED JUN 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 5 PM EDT AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MARION COUNTY
 
AT 355 PM EDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CONTINUING OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MARION COUNTY. IN
ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...RADAR
INDICATED THAT UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 3
AND 4 PM OVER SOUTHWEST MARION COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE
FLASH FLOODING.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
GERARD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 2:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit59 min
Jun 21, 2:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina55 min
Jun 21, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion65 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow69 min
Jun 21, 3:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes69 min
Jun 21, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox67 min
Jun 21, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland60 min
Jun 21, 3:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull65 min
Jun 21, 4:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne58 min
Jun 21, 4:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland65 min
Jun 21, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage60 min
Jun 21, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 min
Jun 21, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow67 min
Jun 21, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 min
Jun 21, 5:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage61 min
Jun 21, 5:20 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion3 hr
Jun 21, 5:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot64 min
Jun 21, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit68 min
Jun 21, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox65 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne68 min
Jun 21, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina63 min
Jun 21, 6:31 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark44 min
Jun 21, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland55 min
Jun 21, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne62 min
Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes59 min
Jun 21, 7:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain65 min
Jun 21, 7:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland63 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.