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Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 16, 1998Geauga County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 16, 1998, 10:36 PM EDT for Geauga County, Summit 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, 10:36 PM EDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 17, 1998, 1:40 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Geauga County, OH, Summit County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 00:00Z on 1998-04-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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 00:00Z on 1998-04-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 155 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-188 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 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 170238
FFWCLE
OHC055-153-170540-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1036 PM EDT THU APR 16 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS FOR...
  GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO

* UNTIL 140 AM EDT

* AT 1035 PM DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SOME HEAVY RAIN MAINLY OVER NORTHERN
  SUMMIT COUNTY AND ACROSS GEAULGA COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL
  END BY MIDNIGHT.

*

.IF YOU LIVE NEAR A STREAM OR CREEK...GO TO HIGHER GROUND. NEVER DRIVE
THROUGH WATER OF AN UNKNOWN DEPTH.

.KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 8:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain3 hr
Apr 16, 8:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron3 hr
Apr 16, 9:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga3 hr
Apr 16, 10:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina3 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.