Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 1996, 5:10 PM EDT for Hancock 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, 5:10 PM EDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 1996, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hancock County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1325 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 102109 FFWCLE OHC063-102315- FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 510 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...HANCOCK COUNTY AT 505 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND INIDICATED THAT NEARLY ONE INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER WESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. SOME STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND MUDDY CREEK IS NEAR BANKFULL. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MOST OF NORTHERN OHIO THIS EVENING AND MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN. 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. RINGO
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 10, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
OHZ020-027-036-102340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 336 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION UNTIL 800 PM EDT... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF AND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST INTO OHIO HAS THE CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF WYANDOT... CRAWFORD...AND MARION UNTIL 8 PM EDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA.SEVERE THUNDERSTORMnS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:44 PM EDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
OHZ020-027-036-102345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 344 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES WYANDOT...CRAWFORD... MARION UNTIL 900 PM EDT... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF AND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST INTO OHIO HAS THE CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF WYANDOT... CRAWFORD...AND MARION UNTIL 9 PM EDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
Special weather statement, May 10, 3:51 PM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
PAZ002-003-520-102355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 351 PM EDT FRI MAY 10 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE COUNTIES ERIE AND CRAWFORD IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 900 PM EDT... WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE GULF AND A COLD FRONT MOVING EAST INTO OHIO HAS THE CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. THEREFORE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUE FOR THE COUNTIES OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 9 PM EDT. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUTDOORS THIS EVENING...CHECK THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION AND KEEP A WEATHER EYE ON THE SKY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO... COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
The 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, 1:30 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wayne | 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, 5:40 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 |
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.