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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 1, 19975 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 5:40 PM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
Jun 1, 1997, 5:40 PM EDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1997, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 1997-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KCLE 012143
FFWCLE
OHC005-035-055-075-083-085-093-101-103-117-133-020115-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
540 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...CUYAHOGA COUNTY...GEAUGA COUNTY
   ...HOLMES COUNTY...KNOX COUNTY...LAKE COUNTY...LORAIN COUNTY
   ...MARION COUNTY...MEDINA COUNTY...MORROW COUNTY...PORTAGE COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND CONTINUED TO SHOW AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS
NORTHERN OHIO. HIGH WATER WAS ON MANY ROADS AND MANY STREAMS WERE STILL
IN FLOOD. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL KEEP THEM IN FLOOD LONGER.
FLOODING OF ROADS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE.
 
 
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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood5 hr
Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEFulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas5 hr
Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland5 hr
Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit5 hr
Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot5 hr
Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow5 hr
Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Wayne5 hr
Jun 1, 9:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion5 hr
Jun 1, 11:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Stark2 hr
Jun 1, 11:38 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake2 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Huron4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Sandusky, Wood4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Medina4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Stark, Wayne4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Lake, Portage4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEFulton, Henry4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMorrow4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Seneca4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Richland4 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa4 hr
Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEFulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas4 hr
Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca4 hr
Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa4 hr
Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot4 hr
Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage4 hr
Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion, Morrow4 hr
Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake4 hr
Jun 1, 5:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland4 hr
Jun 1, 5:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne4 hr

Nearby

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

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.