Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 16, 1997, 7:38 PM EDT (23:38 UTC)

Expired

Aug 16, 1997, 8:45 PM EDT

In force

67 min

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Wayne County, OH

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TTAA00 KCLE 162339
FFWCLE
OHC005-169-170045-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
738 PM EDT SAT AUG 16 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...WAYNE COUNTY
 
AT 735 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT ALMOST 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
NORTHEAST ASHLAND AND WESTERN WAYNE COUNTY NEAR INTERSTATE 71 AND WEST
OF THE TOWN OF WEST SALEM. HEAVY RAIN WILL FALL OVER THE AREA THROUGH 8
PM AND THEN TAPER OFF TO LIGHTER RAIN AS THE STORM MOVE SOUTH OF THE
AREA. ROADS...LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY BE FLOODED SO
CAUTION SHOULD BE USED AROUND THESE AREAS.
 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE
THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS
OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.  MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  DO
NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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.