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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 5, 2003Lucas County, Ohio

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 198 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2003-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga66 min
Aug 5, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE60 min
Aug 5, 2:24 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE66 min
Aug 5, 3:56 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
Aug 5, 5:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMedina4 hr
Aug 5, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit66 min
Aug 5, 6:48 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEStark3 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.