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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 2005Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 3:47 PM EDT for Marion 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
Jun 10, 2005, 3:47 PM EDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1001 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1001 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 101946
FFWCLE
OHC101-102245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
347 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 645 PM EDT

* AT 333 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING  
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL NEAR LA RUE...OR ABOUT 
  12 MILES WEST OF MARION...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  2 TO 4 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 
  INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE BY 6 PM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW 
  BLOOMINGTON...AND MEEKER.  STREAMS IMPACTED INCLUDE PAWPAW RUN... 
  ENOCH CREEK... AND TYMOCHTEE CREEK.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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 4064 8349 4051 8341 4055 8321 4070 8331

$$

ASTIFAN
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 102153
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

OHC101-102245-
MARION OH-
545 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR WESTERN
MARION COUNTY...

AT 541 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS SHOWING 
ONLY SCATTERED SHOWERS. 

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT SOME LOCATIONS NORTH OF LARUE IN 
WESTERN MARION COUNTY MAY HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN. SINCE 
THE HEAVY RAIN ANY HIGH WATER ON ROADS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO 
SLOWLY SUBSIDE. THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME MINOR FLOODING 
OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

LAT...LON 4064 8349 4051 8341 4055 8321 4070 8331

$$

KIELTYKA
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 102245
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
643 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

OHC101-102253-
MARION OH-
643 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY EXPIRES AT
645 PM EDT...

RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON HAS RECEDED. NO 
REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO THE FLASH 
FLOOD WARNING FOR MARION COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 4064 8349 4051 8341 4055 8321 4070 8331

$$
ADAMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 10, 12:24 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky63 min
Jun 10, 2:48 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELake57 min
Jun 10, 3:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE66 min
Jun 10, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron38 min
Jun 10, 3:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark53 min
Jun 10, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain56 min
Jun 10, 4:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE54 min
Jun 10, 4:12 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes3 hr
Jun 10, 4:42 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula3 hr
Jun 10, 5:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox3 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.