Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 124, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 1996, 12:50 PM EDT for Holmes 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 24, 1996, 12:50 PM EDT (16:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 24, 1996, 3:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Holmes County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 241655 FFWCLE OHC005-075-103-133-139-151-153-169-241945- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1250 PM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...ASHLAND COUNTY...HOLMES COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY ...PORTAGE COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY...STARK COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY AT 1250 PM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. FLOODING OF STREETS AND BASEMENTS WILL OCCUR. SMALL STREAMS WILL ALSO FLOOD. THE INTENSITY OF THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY DECREASE THROUGH MID-AFTERNOON. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:09 AM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-221200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 710 AM EDT MON JUN 24 1996 THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL OHIO TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING TODAY IN THE WARM AND HUMID AIR OUT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WIND,S...HAIL...FRQUENT LIGHTENING AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THESE STORMS THROUGH THE AREA. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. VRCEK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 24, 2:15 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 5:43 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 6:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 2 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:21 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 11:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 11:35 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 11:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 39 min |
| Jun 24, 11:56 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 12:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 12:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wayne | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 12:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 64 min |
| Jun 24, 12:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 1:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage | 55 min |
| Jun 24, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 1:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 1:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 1:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 62 min |
| Jun 24, 1:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Wayne | 58 min |
| Jun 24, 1:50 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 60 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.