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Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 19, 1996Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 1996, 9:35 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 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, 9:35 PM EDT (01:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1996, 12:30 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Crawford County, PA

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1996-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 1996-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 200137
FFWCLE
PAC039-200430-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 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 LOCATION...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...CRAWFORD COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS
ACOMMPANIED WITH HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD CAUSE MORE FLOODING. SERIOUS
FLOODING HAS TAKEN PLACE NEAR THE CITY OF SPRINGBORO IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SLOWLY EASTWARD AT 10 TO 15 MPH.
 
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 8:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford57 min
Jun 19, 10:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford3 hr
Jun 20, 1:15 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford3 hr

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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.