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Flash Flood Warning 143, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 29, 1996Wyandot County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 1996, 3:17 PM EDT for Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 58 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 1996, 3:17 PM EDT (19:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 4:15 PM EDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
70 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 291918
FFWCLE
OHC175-292015-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
317 PM EDT MON JUL 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...WYANDOT COUNTY
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING AND ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WYANDOT COUNTY. AT 315 PM
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS COUNTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD
ACROSS THE COUNTY.  THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY
RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT TRACKS ACROSS NORTHERN
WYANDOT COUNTY. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE SYCAMORE AND
DEUNQUAT.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
 
RINGO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock41 min
Jul 29, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca, Wyandot55 min
Jul 29, 3:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock117 min
Jul 29, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot58 min
Jul 29, 3:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESeneca3 hr
Jul 29, 3:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.