Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 11:23 PM EDT for Holmes 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2004, 11:23 PM EDT (03:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 3:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Holmes County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 439 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 612 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 170325
FFWCLE
OHC075-170730-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1123 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 330 AM EDT
* AT 1121 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH
THE COUNTY. AN INCH OF RAIN FELL IN 15 MINUTES 4 MILES NORTHWEST
OF BERLIN. LOCALLY UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...HOLMESVILLE...KILLBUCK...
BERLIN AND WINESBURG...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN
AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
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.
LAT...LON 4049 8197 4059 8209 4061 8208 4066 8194
4066 8165 4062 8166 4056 8166 4048 8195
4048 8197
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KCLE 170430 FFSCLE OHC075-170530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1227 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT. AT 1227 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER WALNUT CREEK...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST OF MILLERSBURG...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE RAIN SHOULD MOVE OUT OF HOLMES COUNTY BY 115 AM. TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN AN HOUR ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERLIN. SUGAR CREEK ALSO HAD ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN ABOUT 60 OR 90 MINUTES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. $$
000 WGUS71 KCLE 170539 FFSCLE OHC075-170730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 131 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR HOLMES COUNTY UNTIL 8PM EDT. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM EDT. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS. REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT AND POWER POLES KNOCKED DOWN BY THE HIGH WATER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE FRYBURG AREA...NORTHEAST OF MILLERSBURG. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE ENDED THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL 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 FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MORE RAIN COULD MOVE INTO HOLMES COUNTY AFTER 3AM EDT. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD AGGRAVATE THE FLOOD SITUATION. $$ KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:39 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:17 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 118 min | |
| Jun 17, 5:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 5:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Jun 17, 6:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Jun 17, 7:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 7:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 57 min |
| Jun 17, 7:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 66 min |
| Jun 17, 7:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 17, 7:50 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 4 hr |
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.