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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 8, 2003Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2003, 6:34 PM EDT for Richland 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
Jul 8, 2003, 6:34 PM EDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2003, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2003-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 537 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 2003-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
537 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 082236
FFWCLE
OHC139-090130-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 631 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED...SEVERAL INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF RICHLAND COUNTY.  CARS HAVE BEEN 
REPORTED UNDER WATER IN DOWNTOWN MANSFIELD.  ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST DURING THE NEXT HOUR 
OR TWO ANY MAY DROP ANOTHER INCH OF RAINFALL LOCALLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  BELLVILLE
  LEXINGTON
  MANSFIELD
  ONTARIO
  SHELBY

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 7, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 7, 9:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain41 min
Jul 7, 9:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga41 min
Jul 7, 9:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit44 min
Jul 7, 9:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain28 min
Jul 7, 10:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit63 min
Jul 7, 10:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark56 min
Jul 7, 11:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit49 min
Jul 7, 11:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Summit49 min
Jul 8, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit56 min
Jul 8, 1:39 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage51 min
Jul 8, 2:33 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning57 min
Jul 8, 3:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood63 min
Jul 8, 3:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot62 min
Jul 8, 3:56 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Morrow, Richland79 min
Jul 8, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 4:08 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 4:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox61 min
Jul 8, 4:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Lorain, Medina, Wayne65 min
Jul 8, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 8, 4:52 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 8, 4:57 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga63 min
Jul 8, 5:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit67 min
Jul 8, 5:15 AM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain60 min
Jul 8, 5:27 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Portage63 min
Jul 8, 5:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull61 min
Jul 8, 2:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 8, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood58 min
Jul 8, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot38 min
Jul 8, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky64 min
Jul 8, 3:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca61 min
Jul 8, 4:11 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESeneca49 min
Jul 8, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock60 min
Jul 8, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford54 min
Jul 8, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot3 hr
Jul 8, 4:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron59 min
Jul 8, 4:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Jul 8, 5:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHuron59 min
Jul 8, 5:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Lorain57 min
Jul 8, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow55 min
Jul 8, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit52 min
Jul 8, 5:24 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland51 min
Jul 8, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne57 min
Jul 8, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina55 min
Jul 8, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes67 min
Jul 8, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage56 min
Jul 8, 5:55 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
Jul 8, 6:09 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEWayne51 min
Jul 8, 6:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark53 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning52 min
Jul 8, 7:22 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot3 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.