Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 78, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT for Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 16, 1997, 5:27 PM EDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 1997, 7:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lorain County, OH
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 2226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -27 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 607 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 6.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 162129 FFWCLE OHC093-162330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 527 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM EDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN OHIO ...LORAIN COUNTY TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING FROM LORAIN THROUGH AVON THROUGH 730 PM EDT. WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND ESTIMATED OVER 2.00 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR ACROSS NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY. 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. MILLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 8:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Stark | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 7:22 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Henry | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 8:12 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 8:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:59 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 16 min |
| Aug 16, 9:05 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:20 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 10:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 10:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 10:49 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 10:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 68 min |
| Aug 16, 11:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 64 min |
| Aug 16, 11:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 3:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 54 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 3:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 57 min |
| Aug 16, 4:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 4:22 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Geauga | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 4:35 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 4:38 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Fulton, Lucas | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 4:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 5:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 56 min |
| Aug 16, 5:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 5:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 51 min |
| Aug 16, 5:45 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 5:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 5:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 6:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 69 min |
| Aug 16, 6:09 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 66 min |
| Aug 16, 6:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 6:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 6:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 60 min |
| Aug 16, 6:44 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wayne | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 6:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 7:05 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 48 min |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 7:26 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 7:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 7:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Richland | 64 min |
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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.