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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 16, 2005Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2005, 8:38 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 16, 2005, 8:38 PM EDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2005, 11:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1083 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2005-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1083 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 170039
FFWCLE
OHC063-170345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
838 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT

* AT 837 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED
AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE 
FINDLAY AREA SINCE 7 PM...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE THIS 
EVENING.

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.

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 4115 8347 4084 8351 4084 8378 4115 8386

$$

MRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 170216
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1015 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

OHC063-170345-
HANCOCK OH-
1015 PM EDT SAT JUL 16 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM EDT FOR HANCOCK
COUNTY...

AT 1005 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN HANCOCK COUNTY REPORTED 
FLOODING OF NUMEROUS ROADS THROUGHOUT HANCOCK COUNTY AND IN THE CITY 
OF FINDLAY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 1 
TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY THROUGH 10 PM...WITH 
THE HEAVIEST RAIN OVER THE CITY OF FINDLAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 
WILL MOVE INTO THE COUNTY THROUGH 1130 PM...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH EXPECTED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS 
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH 
FLOODED ROADS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK.

LAT...LON 4115 8347 4084 8351 4084 8378 4115 8386

$$

MRD

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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.