Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 1, 1997, 11:38 AM EDT (15:38 UTC)

Expired

Jun 1, 1997, 1:45 PM EDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
TTAA00 KCLE 011542
FFWCLE
OHC055-085-133-151-011745-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1138 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...GEAUGA COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY...STARK COUNTY
 
AT 1140 AM DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW RAIN OVER NORTHEAST OHIO.
WITH THE GROUND SATURATED MANY STREAMS ARE HIGH AND WITH MORE RAIN THE
STREAMS WILL OVERFLOW THERE BANKS. SOME ROADS WILL ALSO BE FLOODED.
THE RAIN INTENSITY WILL DECREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...FLOODING
OF ROADS AND STREAMS WILL OCCUR.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOURv 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.
 
KIELTYKA

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.