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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 21, 1997Fulton County, Henry County, Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 1997, 8:20 PM EDT for Fulton County, Henry County, Lucas 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
Jun 21, 1997, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1997, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fulton County, OH, Henry County, OH, Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 137 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1997-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 344 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 1997-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
344 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
589 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 220022
FFWCLE
OHC051-069-095-220300-
 
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
820 PM EDT SAT JUN 21 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAM
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM EDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN  OHIO
 
   ...FULTON COUNTY...HENRY COUNTY...LUCAS COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM DETROIT TO BOWLING GREEN TO LIMA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING VERY SLOWLY EASTWARD AT 15 MPH. RAIN IN EXCESS OF 1.5 INCHES HAS
BEEN REPORTED IN THE PAST HOUR WITH THESE STORMS.
 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS...WHICH WILL CAUSE
SOME FLOODING OF STREETS...LOWLANDS AND UNDERPASSES.
 
AT 820 PM...SKYWARN OBSERVERS REPORTED 2.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST
20 MINUTES OVER THE NORTHEAST SECTION OF THE CITY OF TOLEDO.
 
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.
 
COMEAUX
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky60 min
Jun 21, 9:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock40 min
Jun 21, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa41 min
Jun 21, 9:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock48 min
Jun 21, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca59 min
Jun 21, 9:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie59 min
Jun 22, 6:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow55 min

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.