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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 4, 2003Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2003, 5:22 PM EDT for Hancock 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
Aug 4, 2003, 5:22 PM EDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2003, 8:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2003-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1724 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 2003-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
1724 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 042126
FFWCLE
OHC063-050115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
522 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 521 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...SLOW MOVING 
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXTREME NORTHERN 
HANCOCK COUNTY NEAR THE WOOD COUNTY LINE.  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 
2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 4 PM WITH ANOTHER INCH OR 
MORE POSSIBLE BY 545 PM.  RAPID FLOODING IS LIKELY TO OCCUR FOR 
AREAS NORTH OF ROUTE 613 IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  MCCOMB
  DEWEYVILLE
  VAN BUREN

DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR
STREAMS.

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
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 042354
FFSCLE
OHC063-173-050145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
751 PM EDT MON AUG 4 2003

FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOOD COUNTY TIL 845 PM EDT.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HANCOCK COUNTY TIL 915 PM EDT.

RAINFALL IN SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE BEEN OVER 3 INCHES THIS 
AFTERNOON. THE WATER WAS SLOWLY RECEDING. 

IN HANCOCK COUNTY THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN 
PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

PEOPLE SHOULD NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS...AS THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 11:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood59 min
Aug 3, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 3, 11:37 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Aug 4, 1:41 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWood34 min
Aug 4, 1:53 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 2:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Aug 4, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull33 min
Aug 4, 3:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark2 hr
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Aug 4, 4:34 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood56 min
Aug 4, 4:39 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWood4 hr
Aug 4, 4:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake63 min
Aug 4, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca64 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Aug 4, 6:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa58 min
Aug 4, 6:46 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESeneca4 hr
Aug 4, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
Aug 4, 7:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark26 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage67 min

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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.