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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 15, 2003Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT for Stark County, Summit 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
May 15, 2003, 8:00 PM EDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2003, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2003-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 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 160001
FFWCLE
OHC151-153-160200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
800 PM EDT THU MAY 15 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 755 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED..
   THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING AT THE RATE OF ONE TO
   2 INCHES PER HOUR.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  AKRON
  BARBERTON
  CANTON
  CUYAHOGA FALLS
  MASSILLON
  NAVARRE
  NORTH CANTON

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 7:50 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland40 min

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.