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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2006Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 14, 2006, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2006, 9:15 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lucas County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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
Jul 14, 5:30 PM EDTFLOODToledo, OHNUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER INCLUDING PORTIONS OF ERWIN, AIRPORT AND CODER ROAD AT US 20A.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 124 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2006-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2006-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-187 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
887 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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 141931
FFWCLE
OHC095-150115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
330 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOLEDO

* UNTIL 915 PM EDT

* AT 330 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO LUCAS 
COUNTY.  RAINFALL OF UP TO 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR IS POSSIBLE IN THIS 
LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS... AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE WARNED 
AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 
TOLEDO...SYLVANIA...AND OREGON. 

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS... STREAMS AND DITCHES.  URBAN AREAS INCLUDING 
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES WILL ALSO BE PRONE TO FLOODING 
THIS EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 
FLOODED ROADS BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 4171 8387 4173 8346 4169 8338 4163 8340
      4162 8354 4155 8369 4149 8372 4143 8387

$$

ASTIFAN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 142235
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

OHC095-150115-
LUCAS OH-
635 PM EDT FRI JUL 14 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM EDT FOR LUCAS
COUNTY...

AT 635 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL 
LOCATIONS IN LUCAS COUNTY WERE FLOODED DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY 
RAINFALL.  WATER LEVELS ARE DROPPING IN MANY AREAS... HOWEVER MANY 
CREEKS... STREAMS... AND DITCHES WILL REMAIN FLOODED THROUGH 9PM.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAS 
FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF LUCAS COUNTY SINCE 330 PM.... WITH UP TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN NEAR WHITEHOUSE. 

USE CAUTION IF TRAVELING THIS EVENING.  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 4171 8387 4173 8346 4169 8338 4163 8340
      4162 8354 4155 8369 4149 8372 4143 8387

$$

ASTIFAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:42 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 14, 3:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas54 min
Jul 14, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion64 min
Jul 14, 4:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa58 min
Jul 14, 4:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWyandot50 min
Jul 14, 5:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood66 min
Jul 14, 5:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 14, 5:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland38 min
Jul 14, 6:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes48 min
Jul 14, 7:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain48 min
Jul 14, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.