Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 4:38 PM EDT for Lorain 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2005, 4:38 PM EDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2005, 7:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 162039
FFWCLE
OHC093-162345-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
438 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT
* AT 433 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING
OF UNDERPASSES AND MAIN ROADWAYS ACROSS NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY NEAR
LORAIN. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT ENTIRE ROADWAYS ARE COVERED
WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL NEAR LORAIN AND ELYRIA
BETWEEN 330 AND 430 PM.
* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
VERMILION...
LORAIN...
ELYRIA...
AVON LAKE...
AMHERST...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. DEBRIS MAY
BLOCK STORM DRAINS AND CULVERTS... CAUSING A RAPID RISE IN WATER
LEVELS NEAR THE BLOCKAGE.
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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN
LAT...LON 4150 8198 4151 8197 4141 8198 4130 8234
4143 8234 4144 8228 4143 8226 4148 8219
4152 8203 4152 8200
$$
MRD2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KCLE 162113
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
510 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005
OHC093-162345-
LORAIN OH-
510 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN
LORAIN COUNTY...
AT 505 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT
SEVERAL ROADS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE LORAIN AND ELYRIA AREAS WERE
UNDER SEVERAL FEET OF WATER. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION DO
NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH AREAS OF HIGH WATER...THE DEPTH MAY BE
DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE LORAIN...ELYRIA AND AVON LAKE.
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...ADDITIONAL
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY REACH THE AREA BY 700 PM...CAUSING
ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4150 8198 4151 8197 4141 8198 4130 8234
4143 8234 4144 8228 4143 8226 4148 8219
4152 8203 4152 8200
$$
MRD000
WGUS71 KCLE 162205
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
603 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005
OHC093-162345-
LORAIN OH-
603 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EDT FOR LORAIN
COUNTY...
FLOODING CONTINUES ON MANY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES IN THE LORAIN AND
ELYRIA AREAS. SEVERAL FEET OF WATER ARE ON VARIOUS ROADWAYS IN THE
LORAIN AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THIS IS
A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED
LORAIN...ELYRIA...AVON LAKE.
AT 600 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING NORTHERN LORAIN COUNTY. RADAR
INDICATED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND
WORSEN EXISTING FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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 4150 8198 4151 8197 4141 8198 4130 8234
4143 8234 4144 8228 4143 8226 4148 8219
4152 8203 4152 8200
$$
MRDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 62 min |
| Jul 16, 5:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 16, 5:32 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 118 min |
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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.