Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 13, 1996, 8:58 PM EDT (00:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1996, 11:00 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCLE 140059
FFWCLE
OHC099-133-140300-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
858 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...MAHONING COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
DOWNPOURS OVER PORTAGE AND MAHONING COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ABOUT
1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR...HOWEVER
WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS EXPECTED...SOME FLOODING WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT 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.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE TJHE 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.
 
END/COMEAUX

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OHIO
739 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0508 PM    3 NW HOLMESVILLE          OH   WIND DAMAGE
06/13/96   HOLMES                         ROOF BLOWN OFF OF BARN

0723 PM    SE OF LOUISVILLE          OH   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/13/96   STARK                          24 TO 28 INCH T6OP OF TREE
                                          SNAPPED OFF

MILLER

...CORRECTED LOCATION OF 723 PM REPORT.

OHZ007>013-019-020-140200-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
810 PM EDT THU JUN 13 1996

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTH SHORELINE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS MOSTLY OVER LAKE ERIE FROM JUST EAST OF SANDUSKY TO
EUCLID. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL..WINDS GUSTING TO 45 MPH
AND DOWNPOURS HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE FLOODING.  THE MORE INTENSE STORMS
SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE CITY OF LORAIN TO CLEVELAND.

REMEMBER...IF THREATENING WEATHER IS SIGHTED...TAKE COVER IMMEDIATELY.
END/COMEAUX

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.