Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 11:39 PM EDT for Stark 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, 11:39 PM EDT (03:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 3:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 170340 FFWCLE OHC151-170745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1139 PM EDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO * UNTIL 345 AM EDT * AT 1134 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...EAST SPARTA... LOUISVILLE...MASSILLON...MINERVA...NAVARRE...NORTH CANTON AND WAYNESBURG... 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 4090 8109 4052 8109 4052 8160 4090 8159 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KCLE 170529 FFSCLE OHC151-170715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 128 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STARK COUNTY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM EDT. AT 125 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE COUNTY. THEY WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF THE COUNTY BY 230 AM. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT SOME SPOTS IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY COULD HAVE RECEIVED UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS COULD CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. $$ KIELTYKA
000 WGUS71 KCLE 170606 FFSCLE OHC151-170730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 205 AM EDT THU JUN 17 2004 A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STARK COUNTY UNTIL 8PM THURSDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM. AT 158 AM EDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES WEST OF MINERVA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CANTON...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THIS BATCH OF RAIN SHOULD BE OUT OF STARK COUNTY BY 230 AM. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRDS OF STARK COUNTY WITH WILMOT COMPLETELY UNDER WATER...FLOODING IN BEACH CITY AND A PERSON WAS STRANDED ON A BRIDGE IN BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP AND WILL HAVE TO BE RESCUED BY A BOAT. THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED IN MOST PLACES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY MAY HAVE RECEIVED 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 3 HOURS. THE GROUND WAS VERY SATURATED BEFORE THIS RAIN MOVED IN. 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 MAY MOVE INTO STARK COUNTY AFTER 4AM. THIS MAY AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION. $$ KIELTYKA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:23 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 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.