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Flash Flood Warning 117, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 19, 1996Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1996, 9:23 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1996, 9:23 PM EDT (01:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1996, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Lake County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 00:00Z on 1996-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 907 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1996-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
711 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 200125
FFWCLE
OHC007-085-200430-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
923 PM EDT WED JUN 19 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHTABULA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY NEAR THE CITIES OF MENTOR
AND PAINESVILLE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EASTWARD AT 15 TO
20 MPH AND WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND
GUSTY WINDS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ABOUT 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN
SINCE 815 PM.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
 
END/COMEAUX

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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.