Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2006, 4:58 PM EDT for Ashland County, Richland 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 12, 2006, 4:58 PM EDT (20:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2006, 10:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 122100
FFWCLE
OHC005-139-130245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
458 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND
RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT
* AT 458 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LINE OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA AND WHERE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
LESS THAN AN HOUR. HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT
FEW HOURS OVER THE AREA THAT RECEIVED TORRENTIAL RAIN JUST TWO DAYS
AGO.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP VERY QUICKLY OVER THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
JEROMESVILLE ONTARIO LEXINGTON LUCAS LOUDONVILLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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.
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
LAT...LON 4088 8214 4073 8215 4068 8217 4067 8222
4059 8222 4057 8262 4066 8264 4070 8262
4072 8266 4087 8268
$$
LAPLANTE2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KCLE 130035
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
835 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
OHC005-139-130245-
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
835 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTIES...
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MANY ROADS WITH WATER ON
THEM ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES.
THE ASHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
SOUTHERN ASHLAND COUNTY INCLUDING ROUTE 60. A BRIDGE HAD BEEN
WASHED OUT THIS EVENING ON COUNTY ROAD 2075 IN SOUTHERN ASHLAND
COUNTY.
THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS STILL CLOSED IN
ONTARIO AND MANSFIELD ALTHOUGH WATER LEVELS WERE RECEDING. A
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IN ONTARIO IN LESS THAN 2 HOURS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON. IT
IS POSSIBLE THAT COUNTY ROADS MAY BE CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND
COUNTY FROM HIGH WATER EARLY TONIGHT.
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHIFTING SOUTH OF RICHLAND
AND ASHLAND COUNTIES BUT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING
AND WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR EARLY TONIGHT. THIS MAY KEEP WATER LEVELS
HIGH ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND COUNTIES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS LOW LYING
FARMLAND.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4080 8214 4073 8215 4068 8217 4067 8222
4058 8223 4057 8262 4066 8264 4070 8262
4072 8266 4081 8272
$$
KOSARIK000
WGUS71 KCLE 130250
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1050 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
OHC005-139-130445-
ASHLAND OH-RICHLAND OH-
1050 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN
ASHLAND COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
A FEW ROADS REMAIN CLOSED ACROSS SOUTHERN RICHLAND AND ASHLAND
COUNTIES INCLUDING ROUTE 60 IN ASHLAND COUNTY SOUTH OF HAYESVILLE
AND ROUTE 3 NEAR LOUDONVILLE. WATER LEVELS WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE
OVERNIGHT AND NEW FLOODING IS NOT LIKELY.
MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER ACROSS SOUTHERN ASHLAND
AND SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY...EVEN INTO THURSDAY MORNING.
LAT...LON 4080 8214 4073 8215 4068 8217 4067 8222
4058 8223 4057 8262 4066 8264 4070 8262
4072 8266 4081 8272
$$
KOSARIKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 9:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 6 hr |
| Jul 12, 4:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 6 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.