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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 21, 2004Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2004, 3:25 PM EDT for Hancock 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: May 21, 2004, 3:25 PM EDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: May 21, 2004, 6:30 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Whole counties

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 96 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.8
Supercell composite: 4.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 211925
FFWCLE
OHC063-212230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
325 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

* UNTIL 630 PM EDT

* AT 318 PM EDT WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF            
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER HANCOCK COUNTY. RADAR      
  ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR. THIS  
  RAINFALL COMBINED WITH THE RAINFALL FROM THIS MORNING MAY CAUSE    
  DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...
  ARCADIA
  ARLINGTON
  FINDLAY
  MCCOMB
  RAWSON
  VAN BUREN
  VANLUE

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION 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.

$$

MRD

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 212105
FFSCLE
OHC063-212230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
458 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR HANCOCK COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT RAINFALL HAS 
SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISHED OVER HANCOCK COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR SHOWED 
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 2 HOURS ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. 
HANCOCK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT COUNTY ROAD 7 OFF OF ROUTE 568 
IS UNDER WATER. MANY ROADS ARE ALSO EXPERIENCING HIGH WATER AS WELL.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION 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.

$$

MRD

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 212256
FFSCLE
OHC063-220030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
655 PM EDT FRI MAY 21 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HANCOCK COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS HANCOCK COUNTY. STANDING WATER WAS 
STILL OCCURRING AND A FEW ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED BY LOCAL LAW 
ENFORCEMENT. NO NEW FLOODING IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING BUT RESIDENTS 
AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR STANDING WATER. 

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE DAYBREAK.
$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 20, 9:14 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 20, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 20, 11:12 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		3 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		3 hr
May 21, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		3 hr
May 21, 1:48 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	57 min
May 21, 2:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	64 min
May 21, 2:51 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	54 min
May 21, 3:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot	2 hr
May 21, 3:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain, Medina, Summit	3 hr
May 21, 3:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	67 min
May 21, 3:58 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wayne	62 min
May 21, 4:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning	45 min
May 21, 4:06 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes	54 min
May 21, 1:42 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas	58 min
May 21, 2:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	79 min
May 21, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca	65 min
May 21, 3:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	53 min
May 21, 3:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	59 min
May 21, 3:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron	53 min
May 21, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 3:25 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 21, 3:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lorain	62 min
May 21, 3:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina	62 min
May 21, 3:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion	61 min
May 21, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow, Richland	59 min
May 21, 3:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Wyandot	3 hr
May 21, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland	61 min
May 21, 4:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Knox	57 min
May 21, 4:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	4 hr
May 21, 4:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Summit, Wayne	54 min
May 21, 4:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Richland	38 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	64 min
May 21, 4:11 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Knox	64 min
May 21, 4:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage	57 min
May 21, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Stark	67 min
May 21, 4:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Mahoning, Trumbull	65 min
May 21, 4:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox, Marion, Morrow	4 hr
May 21, 4:55 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Richland	4 hr
May 21, 5:04 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	26 min
May 21, 5:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	33 min
May 21, 5:25 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	4 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.