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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 8, 2006Crawford County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 8, 2006, 7:52 PM EDT for Crawford County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2006, 7:52 PM EDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 8, 9:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD6 S New Washington, OHSTATE HIGHWAYS 98 AND 602 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 2006-06-08Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2006-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
611 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 082353
FFWCLE
OHC033-090245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
752 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT

* AT 745 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW WASHINGTON...OR ABOUT 9
  MILES NORTHEAST OF BUCYRUS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR     
  INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 700 PM AND 745 PM     
  NEAR NEW WASHINGTON AND CHATFIELD. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES     
  OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
  NEW WASHINGTON
  CHATFIELD
  TIRO

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 4093 8299 4099 8282 4099 8278 4096 8275
      4094 8272 4072 8273 4071 8289 4071 8290
      4092 8300

$$

MRD
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 090119
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
914 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

OHC033-090245-
CRAWFORD OH-
914 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR 
CRAWFORD COUNTY...

AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE RAINFALL ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY. ALTHOUGH THE EXTREMELY 
HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE 
COUNTY. CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF AND THE OHIO DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT SOME ROADS ARE CLOSED ACROSS THE 
NORTHEAST PART OF CRAWFORD COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAYS 98 AND 602. 
AREAS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SEE FLOODING ARE...CHATFIELD...NEW 
WASHINGTON...SULPHER SPRINGS...AND NORTH ROBINSON.

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. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE 
THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4093 8299 4099 8282 4099 8278 4096 8275
      4094 8272 4072 8273 4071 8289 4071 8290
      4092 8300

$$

MRD
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 090242
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1040 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

OHC033-090250-
CRAWFORD OH-
1040 PM EDT THU JUN 8 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM EDT FOR CRAWFORD 
COUNTY...

NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER 
SERVICE. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY 
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1045 PM. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR 
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL IS NOT 
EXPECTED.

THERE MAY CONTINUE TO BE HIGH WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. USE CAUTION IF 
DRIVING TONIGHT.

LAT...LON 4093 8299 4099 8282 4099 8278 4096 8275
      4094 8272 4072 8273 4071 8289 4071 8290
      4092 8300

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca55 min
Jun 8, 7:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford55 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.