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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 10, 2005Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2005, 5:04 PM EDT for Knox 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, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 102104
FFWCLE
OHC083-110000-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT VERNON

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 500 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM   
NEAR MOUNT VERNON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
MOUNT VERNON AND FREDERICKTOWN.

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 4026 8268 4014 8250 4049 8232 4053 8259

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 110006
FFSCLE

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

OHC083-110009-
KNOX OH-
759 PM EDT FRI JUN 10 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN KNOX COUNTY EXPIRED AT 800 PM
EDT...

THE HEAVIER RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER HAS ENDED AND MOST OF THE AREAS 
THAT EXPERIENCED HIGH WATERS HAVE NOW SEEN THE WATERS RECEDE.  HIGH 
WATER ON ROADS WAS REPORTED EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN ALONG WITH FLOODED 
BASEMENTS.  AN OBSERVER JUST EAST OF FREDERICKTOWN REPORTED 5.25 
INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

A FEW STORMS SOUTH OF KNOX COUNTY COULD AGAIN PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS IN 
KNOX COUNTY LATER THIS EVENING IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER AND MAKE IT 
INTO THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER...WITH TEMPERATURES COOLING TONIGHT...MOST 
OF THE REMAINING STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE DURING THE REST OF 
THE EVENING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING AROUND KNOX 
COUNTY THIS EVENING AS SOME LESSER TRAVELED ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE 
AREAS OF HIGH WATER ON THEM.

LAT...LON 4026 8268 4014 8250 4049 8232 4053 8259

$$
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, 3:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMarion3 hr
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

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.