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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 19, 2002Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 19, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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 19, 2002, 6:13 PM EDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2002, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 12:00Z on 2002-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 786 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2002-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
786 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 192213
FFWCLE
OHC075-200015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
611 PM EDT FRI APR 19 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 609 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...THUNDERSTORMS      
  CONTINUING IN A LINE ACROSS NORTHERN HOLMES COUNTY. RADAR          
  INDICATES THAT SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS    
  THIS AREA AND ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS   
  DISSIPATE.   


* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  HOLMESVILLE
  KILLBUCK
  MILLERSBURG
  MOUNT HOPE  
  NASHVILLE
  WINESBURG

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.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 6:12 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Apr 19, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain57 min
Apr 19, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain2 hr
Apr 19, 4:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina58 min
Apr 19, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow58 min
Apr 19, 4:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne38 min
Apr 19, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit30 min
Apr 19, 5:10 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne35 min
Apr 19, 5:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark60 min
Apr 19, 5:25 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow110 min
Apr 19, 5:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox59 min
Apr 19, 5:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes66 min
Apr 19, 6:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Apr 19, 7:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Morrow64 min
Apr 19, 7:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland2 hr
Apr 19, 7:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland58 min
Apr 19, 7:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion66 min
Apr 19, 7:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.