Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 54, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 1997, 5:44 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit County, Wayne County, 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, 5:44 PM EDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 1997, 9:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Wayne County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 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 138 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 012147 FFWCLE OHC139-151-153-169-020145- FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 544 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS EXTENDED THE FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN OHIO ...RICHLAND COUNTY...STARK COUNTY...SUMMIT COUNTY ...WAYNE COUNTY AREAS OF RAIN CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND THAT COULD ADD TO THE HIGH WATER THAT IS ON MANY ROADS. ALSO MANY STREAMS ARE STILL IN FLOOD AND THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:01 PM EDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
501 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0823 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HANCOCK FIVE ROADS CLOSED BECAUSE
OF HIGH WATER.
0829 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WYANDOT HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0833 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HOLMES HIGH WATER ON A FEW ROADS.
0900 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 ERIE FLOODING NEAR THE
VERMILION RIVER IN
VERMILION.
0915 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MEDINA MANY FLOODED ROADS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
1000 AM GREER OH FLOODING
06/01/97 KNOX STREAM OUT OF ITS BANKS.
1033 AM BRECKSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/01/97 CUYAHOGA STREAMS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
1100 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MEDINA FLOODING ON CHIPPEWA
CREEK.
1140 AM WELSHFIELD OH FLOODING
06/01/97 GEAUGA A FEW CREEKS IN FLOOD.
1252 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HURON WATER ACROSS MANY ROADS.
1252 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WYANDOT WATER ACROSS MANY ROADS.
0101 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 KNOX SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.
0104 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 RICHLAND FLOODING MAINLY THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.
0106 PM CHARDON OH FLOODING
06/01/97 GEAUGA STREET FLOODING AND
BASEMENT OF CHURCH
FLOODED.
0124 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MAHONING WATER ON A FEW ROADS.
0230 PM TWINSBURG OH FLOODING
06/01/97 SUMMIT BRIDGE IN PARK UNDER
WATER.
0410 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 LORAIN HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0414 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WAYNE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN
COUNTIES.
0416 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HOLMES MANY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0418 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 STARK HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0419 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MARION HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0421 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MORROW HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0448 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 OTTAWA FLOODING ON ROADS NEAR THE
LAKE.
0449 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 SANDUSKY HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS
AND ONLY ONE ROAD CLOSED.Local storm report, Jun 1, 5:04 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NWSFO CLEVELAND OHIO
501 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 1997
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0823 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HANCOCK FIVE ROADS CLOSED BECAUSE
OF HIGH WATER.
0829 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WYANDOT HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0833 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HOLMES HIGH WATER ON A FEW ROADS.
0900 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 ERIE FLOODING NEAR THE
VERMILION RIVER IN
VERMILION.
0915 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MEDINA MANY FLOODED ROADS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
1000 AM GREER OH FLOODING
06/01/97 KNOX STREAM OUT OF ITS BANKS.
1033 AM BRECKSVILLE OH FLOODING
06/01/97 CUYAHOGA STREAMS OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
1100 AM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MEDINA FLOODING ON CHIPPEWA
CREEK.
1140 AM WELSHFIELD OH FLOODING
06/01/97 GEAUGA A FEW CREEKS IN FLOOD.
1252 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HURON WATER ACROSS MANY ROADS.
1252 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WYANDOT WATER ACROSS MANY ROADS.
0101 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 KNOX SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED
BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.
0104 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 RICHLAND FLOODING MAINLY THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE
COUNTY.
0106 PM CHARDON OH FLOODING
06/01/97 GEAUGA STREET FLOODING AND
BASEMENT OF CHURCH
FLOODED.
0124 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MAHONING WATER ON A FEW ROADS.
0230 PM TWINSBURG OH FLOODING
06/01/97 SUMMIT BRIDGE IN PARK UNDER
WATER.
0410 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 LORAIN HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0414 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 WAYNE SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN
COUNTIES.
0416 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 HOLMES MANY ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
THE COUNTY.
0418 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 STARK HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0419 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MARION HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0421 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 MORROW HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS.
0448 PM OH FLOODING
06/01/97 OTTAWA FLOODING ON ROADS NEAR THE
LAKE.
0449 PM t OH FLOODING
06/01/97 SANDUSKY HIGH WATER ON MANY ROADS
AND ONLY ONE ROAD CLOSED.The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:46 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:52 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Stark | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:38 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Huron | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Sandusky, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake, Portage | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Henry | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Morrow | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Lucas | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Lorain, Medina | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:40 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Richland | 4 hr |
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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.