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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 2005Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2005, 5:09 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 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 28, 2005, 5:09 PM EDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2005, 8:15 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 126 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 249 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2005-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 282111
FFWCLE
PAC039-290015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
509 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA

* UNTIL 815 PM EDT

* AT 505 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING NEAR 
PYMATUNING STATE PARK IN SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

* LOCATIONS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
PYMATUNING STATE PARK...
SOUTH SHENANGO TOWNSHIP...

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. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY AND HAVE THEM RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4155 8032 4148 8029 4146 8051 4159 8048

$$

ASTIFAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 290018
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
814 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

PAC039-290024-
CRAWFORD PA-
814 PM EDT TUE JUN 28 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 815 PM EDT...

AT 755 PM COUNTY DISPATCH REPORTED NO KNOWN ONGOING FLOODING 
PROBLEMS.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.  AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS...THOUGH...MAY REMAIN ELEVATED FOR 
THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

LAT...LON 4155 8032 4148 8029 4146 8051 4159 8048

$$

OUDEMAN

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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.