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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 10, 1996Wayne County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1996-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1006 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 1996-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
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

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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
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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/COMEAUX

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood36 min
May 9, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa44 min
May 9, 8:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky41 min
May 10, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland49 min
May 10, 1:30 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Stark2 hr
May 10, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland65 min
May 10, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow46 min
May 10, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga48 min
May 10, 4:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula2 hr
May 10, 5:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock2 hr
May 10, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot2 hr
May 10, 6:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula2 hr
May 10, 7:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne26 min
May 10, 7:23 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron2 hr
May 10, 7:41 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina, Summit2 hr
May 10, 7:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes43 min
May 10, 7:51 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit39 min

Nearby

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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.