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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1996, 1:30 AM EDT for Wayne County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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
- May 10, 1996, 1:30 AM EDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 100531 FFWCLE OHC099-151-169-100730- FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 130 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...MAHONING COUNTY...STARK COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY AT 125 AM THIS MORNING DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM RITTMAN IN NORTHEAST WAYNE COUNTY...EAST THROUGH NORTHERN STARK COUNTY AND INTO MAHONING COUNTY...TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE CITY OF ALLIANCE. RITTMAN POLICE REPORTED SOME STREET FLOODING AT 125 AM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT0 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. END/COMEAUX &
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, May 9, 10:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1150 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE AREA INCLUDES WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SEM
Special weather statement, May 9, 10:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1150 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE AREA INCLUDES WEST OF A TOLEDO TO FINDLAY LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SEM ...CORRECTED FOR ISSUING OFFICE...
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
OHZ002-003-005>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-100500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1155 PM EDT THU MAY 9 1996 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE AREA INCLUDES ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO WEST OF A CLEVELAND TO MANSFIELD LINE. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED EAST AND NORTH OF THE REGION. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA FROM THE WEST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER UPDATES AND FOR FUTURE STATEMNTS ON THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING SEVERE WEATHER. SEM
Local storm report, May 10, 12:45 AM EDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
1245 AM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
730 PM INTERSTATE 79 & 6N PA .75 INCH HAIL
5/9/96 ERIE
730 PM SPRINGFIELD TWP PA 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MIN
5/9/96 ERIE
759 PM PLATEA PA 2.5 INCHES OR RAIN IN 30 MIN
5/9/96 ERIE
811 PM WHITEHOUSE OH FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTNING
5/9/96 LUCAS
821 PM S OF CRANESVILLE PA 3.12 INCHES OF RAIN
5/9/96 ERIE IN 1 HOUR
824 PM W OF WHITEHOUSE OH TREES DOWN
5/9/96 LUCAS
815 PM TOWNVILLE PA 1 INCH HAIL
5/9/96 CRAWFORD
845 PM OAK HARBOR OH FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTNING
5/9/96 OTTAWA
858 PM STATE ROUTE 295 OH WIND DAMAGE
5/9/96 LUCAS TREES DOWN
800 PM ERIE PA FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS
5/9/96 ERIE
740 PM RIDGEVILLE CORNERS OH POWER POLES AND TREES DOWN
5/9/96 HENRY ROOF DAMAGE
* SIDE OF BARN MOVED 24 FEET
END/JOLLY/COMEAUXThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 8:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 36 min |
| May 9, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 44 min |
| May 9, 8:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 41 min |
| May 10, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 2 hr |
| May 10, 1:40 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland | 65 min |
| May 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 46 min |
| May 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 2 hr |
| May 10, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 2 hr |
| May 10, 6:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 2 hr |
| May 10, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 26 min |
| May 10, 7:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron | 2 hr |
| May 10, 7:41 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit | 2 hr |
| May 10, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:51 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 39 min |
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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.