Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jul 8, 2003, 4:30 PM EDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 8, 2003, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Whole counties

Counties Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KCLE 082032
FFWCLE
OHC033-063-147-175-082330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
430 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
  WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 427 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA 
WHILE HEAVY RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN THE AREA THE PAST FEW DAYS.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ARLINGTON
  BLOOMVILLE
  BUCYRUS
  CHATFIELD
  FINDLAY
  FOSTORIA
  MCCOMB
  TIFFIN
  UPPER SANDUSKY
 
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.

$$

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 082121
FFSCLE
OHC033-063-147-175-082315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
513 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2003

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR 
CRAWFORD...HANCOCK...SENECA AND WYANDOT UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWED THAT AROUND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
IN WYANDOT AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES. THE STORMS WITH THE HEAVIES RAINS 
WERE MOVING THROUGH EASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AT 515 PM.  

THOUGH RAINFALL WILL START TO TAPER OFF SOME RIVER AND STREAMS MAY 
STILL SHOW SOME RAPID RISES OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS...ESPECIALLY IN 
WYANDOT AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.

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.

$$

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.