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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 23, 2000Huron County, Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2000, 9:16 PM EDT for Huron County, Seneca County, Ohio. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2000, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2000, 11:15 PM EDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Huron County, OH, Seneca County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2000-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 524 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2000-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 240119
FFWCLE
OHC077-147-240315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
916 PM EDT WED AUG 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS CONTINUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HURON COUNTY IN OHIO...
  SENECA COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT

* AT 914 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS SENECA 
AND HURON COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY 
HAVE FALLEN IN PARTS OF EXTREME SOUTHEAST SENECA COUNTY AND EXTREME 
SOUTHWEST HURON COUNTY.  ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED LOCALLY 
THROUGH 10 PM CONTINUING THE THREAT OF FURTHER FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  WILLARD
  BLOOMVILLE

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
$$

ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 23, 8:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland2 hr
Aug 23, 10:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland2 hr
Aug 23, 10:32 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford118 min
Aug 23, 11:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron, Seneca119 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.