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Flash Flood Warning 201, NWS Cleveland, OH

December 11, 1996Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Dec 11, 1996, 4:12 PM EST for Ashland County, Richland 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
Dec 11, 1996, 4:12 PM EST (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 1996, 7:15 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 1996-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 240 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
240 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 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 112116
FFWCLE
OHC005-139-120015-
 
BULLETIN
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
412 PM EST WED DEC 11 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM EST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...ASHLAND COUNTY...RICHLAND COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR IN CLEVELAND ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 1.25 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF ASHLAND AND RICHLAND COUNTIES BETWEEN
1PM AND 4 PM. SOME STREET FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AND SMALL STREAMS A
RUNNING HIGH.
 
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS WHICH WILL LIKELY CAUSE ADDITINAL FLOOD PROBLEMS.
 
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.
 
 
GABRIC
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 4:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne3 hr
Dec 11, 5:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes3 hr
Dec 11, 5:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull3 hr

Nearby

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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.