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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 25, 2006Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT for Richland 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
May 25, 2006, 6:00 PM EDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2006-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 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 2006-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 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
39 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-165 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 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 252202
FFWCLE
OHC139-260100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
600 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 900 PM EDT

* AT 556 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHERN   
  RICHLAND COUNTY. 

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

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 4099 8273 4080 8270 4090 8241 4098 8238

$$
TK
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 252347
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
745 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

OHC139-260100-
RICHLAND OH-
745 PM EDT THU MAY 25 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY...

BETWEEN 5 PM AND 7 PM DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY.  

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF ROUTE 13 IN 
EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY MAKING A SECTION OF THE ROAD 
IMPASSABLE. FLOODING OF HOMES WAS ALSO REPORTED IN SHILOH.   

AT 745 PM RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE AREA NOW 
ALTHOUGH MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST 
THIS EVENING.

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. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4099 8273 4080 8270 4090 8241 4098 8238

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock64 min
May 25, 3:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood55 min
May 25, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
May 25, 3:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas42 min
May 25, 3:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca70 min
May 25, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot69 min
May 25, 4:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa71 min
May 25, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock45 min
May 25, 4:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford67 min
May 25, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron78 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE114 min
May 25, 5:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood54 min
May 25, 5:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland81 min
May 25, 5:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock62 min
May 25, 5:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain73 min
May 25, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
May 25, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford84 min
May 25, 5:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca56 min
May 25, 5:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood70 min
May 25, 5:56 PM EDTTornado WarningCLERichland49 min
May 25, 6:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland73 min
May 25, 6:07 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEMarion53 min
May 25, 6:35 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland40 min
May 25, 6:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow63 min
May 25, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland58 min
May 25, 6:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa38 min
May 25, 6:57 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland3 hr
May 25, 6:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina91 min
May 25, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
May 25, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne85 min
May 25, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
May 25, 7:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland39 min
May 25, 7:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox67 min
May 25, 7:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit54 min
May 25, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood67 min
May 25, 7:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion55 min
May 25, 7:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes53 min
May 25, 7:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage66 min
May 25, 7:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow79 min
May 25, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min

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.