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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 22, 2004Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2004, 2:04 AM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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 22, 2004, 2:04 AM EDT (06:04 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2004, 6:00 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 220605
FFWCLE
OHC035-093-103-221000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
204 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 600 AM EDT

* AT 157 AM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF 
  THUNDERSTORM FROM LORAIN COUNTY INTO THE GREATER CLEVELAND AREA    
  AND NORTHERN MEDINA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT  
  25 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  AMHERST
  AVON LAKE
  BRUNSWICK
  CLEVELAND
  ELYRIA
  LAKEWOOD
  LORAIN
  MEDINA
  NORTH RIDGEVILLE
  NORTH ROYALTON
  PARMA
  STRONGSVILLE
  VERMILION
  
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.

$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 220614
FFSCLE
OHC035-153-220915-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
210 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT COUNTY UNTIL 6 AM...

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER SUMMIT COUNTY 
AGAIN. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN STOW. SOME OTHER LOCATIONS THAT 
COULD BE AFFECTED BY FLOODING INCLUDE AKRON...CUYAHOGA FALLS... 
HUDSON...MACEDONIA...MOGADORE...TALLMADGE AND TWINSBURG.

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 STORMS WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS BUT 
FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER COULD LINGER TO DAYBREAK OR LONGER.
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 221009
FFSCLE
OHC035-093-103-153-221100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
605 AM EDT SAT MAY 22 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LORAIN...CUYAHOGA...SUMMIT AND MEDINA 
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

AT 600 AM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH 
BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION HAD MOVED 
EAST AND WEAKENED.  THIS BREAK IN THE RAIN WILL ALLOW THE FLOOD 
WATERS TO BEGIN TO RECEED DURING THE MORNING HOURS.  

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE DAY.  SINCE THE 
GROUND IS SATURATED...ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 
RESIDENTS IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
May 22, 12:25 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina65 min
May 22, 12:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
May 22, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain60 min
May 22, 1:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark41 min
May 22, 1:29 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit61 min
May 22, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage54 min
May 22, 1:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLESummit4 hr
May 22, 2:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEPortage4 hr
May 22, 3:08 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning4 hr
May 22, 2:15 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.