Flash Flood Warning 96, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 18, 1996, 8:58 AM EDT (12:58 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1996, 12:00 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

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000 
TTAA00 KCLE 181303
FFWCLE
PAC049-181600-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
858 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM
EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOON EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
HEAVY RAIN FROM PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING ACROSS ERIE COUNTY.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL
STREAMS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL NOON.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS
OF 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING
AND RAINFALL TOTALS COULD REACH 3.5 TO OVER 4 INCHES BY
NOON.  MINOR FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
WILL CONTINUE UNTIL NOON.
 
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.
 
 
LAPLANTE

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT - SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
631 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN KANSAS CITY MISSOURI SAYS THAT ALL OF
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAS A RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT.

A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST AS A
WARM FRONT LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.  THIS WILL CAUSE THUNDERSTORMS TO
DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT AS THE AIRMASS OVER THE AREA IS MOIST AND
UNSTABLE.  MANY OF THE STORMS WILL CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND A FEW
OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE THE WARMEST.

PEOPLE IN THE AREA NEED TO KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE READY TO MOVE
TO SAFETY IF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED O&R THREATENING WEATHER OCCURS.

ADAMS

Flash Flood Warnings in Pennsylvania, 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.