Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2003, 4:16 PM EDT for 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
- Aug 5, 2003, 4:16 PM EDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2003, 7:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 198 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KCLE 052017 FFWCLE OHC095-052315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 416 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO... * UNTIL 715 PM EDT * AT 411 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED.. * SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE... OREGON DO NOT LET YOUR CHILDREN PLAY NEAR DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS OR STREAMS. 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. $$ LOMBARDY
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS71 KCLE 052228 FFSCLE OHC095-052330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 626 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LUCAS COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AT 625 PM DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING NO HEAVY RAIN IN LUCAS COUNTY AND NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. $$ KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 8:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 11:35 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 60 min | |
| Aug 5, 2:24 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 66 min | |
| Aug 5, 3:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark, Summit | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.