Flash Flood Warning 97, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 18, 1996, 9:40 AM EDT (13:40 UTC)

Expired

Jun 18, 1996, 10:45 AM EDT

In force

65 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

County Erie County, PA

The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCLE 181344
FFWCLE
PAC049-181445-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
940 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 AM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN  PENNSYLVANIA
 
   ...ERIE COUNTY
 
TORRENTIAL RAINS FROM PERSISTENT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2.5 TO 4 INCHES FROM
NEAR FAIRVIEW THROUGH THE CITY OF ERIE TO HARBOR CREEK
SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING.
 
HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH NOON AND FLASH FLOODING IS
LIKELY ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AND SMALL STREAMS HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A FLASH FLOOD WARNING.
 
SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS AROUND THE CITY OF ERIE REPORT BETWEEN
10 AND 18 INCHES OF WATER WITH SOME ROAD CLOSINGS.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS 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.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
LAPLANTE
 
 
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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.