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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 2006Holmes County, Knox County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2006, 4:41 PM EDT for Holmes County, Knox County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2006, 4:41 PM EDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2006-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1206 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 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 102042
FFWCLE
OHC075-083-110245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
441 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

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
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MILLERSBURG

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 438 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  KILLBUCK TO FREDERICKTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF MILLERSBURG TO 12 MILES NORTH OF MOUNT VERNON...MOVING
  SOUTH AT 10 MPH. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 2 PM 
ACROSS KNOX AND HOLMES COUNTIES. 

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  WALNUT CREEK...DANVILLE...FARMERSTOWN AND GAMBIER

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 4066 8166 4067 8222 4057 8216 4054 8263
      4028 8264 4023 8219 4046 8221 4045 8166

$$

LEINS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 102206
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
555 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

OHC075-083-110245-
KNOX OH-HOLMES OH-
605 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
HOLMES AND KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 600 PM EDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED 
THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THE HEAVIEST 
AMOUNTS FROM NORTHEAST KNOX COUNTY INTO WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY.

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN THE AREA OF 
JELLOWAY IN KNOX COUNTY WHERE OVER A FOOT OF WATER COVERED PORTIONS 
OF WOOSTER ROAD.  CREEKS AND CULVERTS WERE ALSO OVERFLOWING OR NEAR 
BANK FULL.

ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN WESTERN HOLMES COUNTY 
SOUTHEAST OF LOUDENVILLE TO NASHVILLE AND GLENMONT. 

RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE 
WEST WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY THIS EVENING. 
ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WALNUT
CREEK...WINESBURG...BERLIN...NASHVILLE...MILLERSBURG...HOLMESVILLE
AND GLENMONT

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4066 8166 4067 8222 4057 8216 4054 8263
      4028 8264 4023 8219 4046 8221 4045 8166

$$
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 110004
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
802 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

OHC075-083-110245-
KNOX OH-HOLMES OH-
802 PM EDT MON JUL 10 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
HOLMES AND KNOX COUNTIES...

AT 802 PM EDT...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 
SOUTHERN HALF OF KNOX COUNTY THAT WERE CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY 
RAIN OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN OVER HOLMES AND NORTHEAST 
KNOX COUNTY HAS SUBSIDED. A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER WEST OF 
NASHVILLE IN NORTHEAST HOLMES COUNTY REPORTED THAT MOST ROADS ARE 
IMPASSABLE.

AN EMA OFFICIAL IN KNOX COUNTY REPORTED NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES 
INCLUDING STATE ROUTE 3 AND 205 IN THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE 
COUNTY. A BRIDGE WAS WASHOUT ON PEALERSMILL ROAD. SEVERAL FAMILIES 
WERE EVACUATED ALONG ROUTE 205 BETWEEN JELLOWAY AND DANVILLE ALONG 
THE JELLOWAY CREEK. LANDSLIDES OCCURRED ALONG WALLEY ROAD. 

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



LAT...LON 4066 8166 4067 8222 4057 8216 4054 8263
      4028 8264 4023 8219 4046 8221 4045 8166

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 10, 8:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga26 min
Jul 10, 8:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE95 min
Jul 10, 10:11 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE64 min
Jul 10, 11:31 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain59 min
Jul 10, 12:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull39 min
Jul 10, 1:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Huron, Lorain47 min
Jul 10, 1:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Jul 10, 1:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit55 min
Jul 10, 1:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca63 min
Jul 10, 1:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull59 min
Jul 10, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne68 min
Jul 10, 1:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage52 min
Jul 10, 1:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Richland76 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark46 min
Jul 10, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit24 min
Jul 10, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning48 min
Jul 10, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark46 min
Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland66 min
Jul 10, 3:17 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes58 min
Jul 10, 3:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne38 min
Jul 10, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland60 min
Jul 10, 3:36 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Richland39 min
Jul 10, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark39 min
Jul 10, 3:54 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox51 min
Jul 10, 4:24 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland6 hr
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes48 min
Jul 10, 4:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland63 min
Jul 10, 4:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox62 min
Jul 10, 5:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland40 min
Jul 10, 5:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox63 min
Jul 10, 7:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox45 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.