Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 8:32 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 16, 1998, 8:32 PM EDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 16, 1998, 11:35 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 210 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 878 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCLE 170033 FFWCLE OHC077-170335- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 832 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNI
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
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 306 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER CORRECTED TO CHANGE WORDING TO A TORNADO WATCH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 306 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER CORRECTED TO CHANGE WORDING TO A TORNADO WATCH. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 308 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 3:08 PM EDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 308 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 9 PM EDT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WATCH FOR MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM EDT. A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES TO DEVELOP IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED OR A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION. ADAMS
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 805 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME SHOWERS LINGERING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. DEM
Special weather statement, Apr 16, 8:05 PM EDT, 27 minutes before
OHZ036-037-170300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 805 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHWEST OHIO HAS EXPIRED... THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA WITH SOME SHOWERS LINGERING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THIS AREA. DEM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 8:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 9:16 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Summit | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998
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.