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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 12, 20065 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2006, 4:59 PM EDT for 5 counties in 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, 4:59 PM EDT (20:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2006, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 135 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 155 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 2006-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 200 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 2006-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 122108
FFWCLE
OHC033-063-101-117-175-130300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
459 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY...MARION COUNTY...AND MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH 
CENTRAL OHIO
  HANCOCK COUNTY AND WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT

* AT 456 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORMS WERE 
MOVING WEST TO EAST AND WILL TEND TO REPEAT OVER THE SAME 
AREA...ESPECIALLY FROM SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...MUCH OF WYANDOT AND 
CRAWFORD COUNTIES AND NORTHERN MARION AND NORTHERN MORROW COUNTIES. 
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES AN HOUR WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES ON 
LOCAL WATERWAYS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  MARSEILLES...GALION...CRESTLINE AND ARLINGTON


LAT...LON 4083 8273 4071 8274 4070 8271 4058 8271
      4058 8342 4068 8342 4071 8349 4081 8349
      4082 8387 4094 8388

$$

KOSARIK
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 130042
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
840 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

OHC033-063-101-117-175-130300-
HANCOCK OH-CRAWFORD OH-WYANDOT OH-MARION OH-MORROW OH-
840 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR 
MORROW...MARION AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...AND 
SOUTHERN WYANDOT AND SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO...

LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HIGH WATER ON ROADS ACROSS 
PARTS OF HANCOCK COUNTY...EXTREME SOUTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY....PARTS 
OF SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY AND NORTHERN MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES. 

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY 
ACROSS MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RISING WATER IS LIKELY 
IN MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES AND RESIDENTS AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE 
ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING IN MARION AND MORROW COUNTIES. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE 
TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 4083 8273 4071 8274 4070 8271 4058 8271
      4058 8342 4068 8342 4071 8349 4081 8349
      4082 8387 4094 8388

$$

KOSARIK
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 130306
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1105 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

OHC033-063-175-130500-
HANCOCK OH-CRAWFORD OH-WYANDOT OH-
1105 PM EDT WED JUL 12 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL 
OHIO...AND WYANDOT AND HANCOCK COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST OHIO HAS 
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS TAPERED TO SHOWERS ACROSS HANCOCK...WYANDOT AND 
CRAWFORD COUNTIES. SOME HIGH WATER MAY LINGER ON ROADS...ESPECIALLY 
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF EACH COUNTY...BUT NEW NEW FLOODING 
IS LIKELY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE CHANCE OF SOME HIGH WATER 
LINGERING OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 9:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas6 hr
Jul 12, 4:58 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Richland6 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.