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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 2002Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2002, 10:11 PM EDT for Crawford County, Richland 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
Jun 3, 2002, 10:11 PM EDT (02:11 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2002, 12:15 AM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:12 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2002-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2002-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
1877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1474 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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The text

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

777 
WGUS51 KCLE 040211
FFWCLE
OHC033-139-040415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1009 PM EDT MON JUN 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN OHIO...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN OHIO...

* UNTIL 1215 AM EDT

* AT 1006 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 3 AND 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THUNDERSTORMS SINCE 9PM.  THIS HAS
RESULTED IN SOME FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 11PM AND WILL LIKELY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL
FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  CRESTLINE
  MANSFIELD
  ONTARIO
  SHELBY

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.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 9:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock33 min
Jun 3, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot49 min
Jun 3, 9:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland40 min
Jun 3, 10:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland26 min
Jun 4, 12:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes110 min
Jun 4, 4:50 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes4 hr
Jun 4, 12:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca38 min
Jun 4, 1:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron54 min
Jun 4, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain63 min
Jun 4, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga62 min
Jun 4, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga41 min
Jun 4, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca40 min
Jun 4, 2:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull48 min
Jun 4, 2:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit30 min
Jun 4, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca33 min
Jun 4, 2:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark26 min
Jun 4, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Jun 4, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning37 min
Jun 4, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark41 min
Jun 4, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne53 min
Jun 4, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark59 min
Jun 4, 7:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland35 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland45 min
Jun 4, 7:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne56 min

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.