Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2006, 3:48 AM EDT for Knox 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 22, 2006, 3:48 AM EDT (07:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 9:45 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Knox County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 4:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Danville, OH | STREAM OVER FLOWED ITS BANKS AND FLOWED ACROSS ROADWAY AND WAS ONE FOOT DEEP. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 719 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KCLE 220751 FFWCLE OHC083-221345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 348 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO * UNTIL 945 AM EDT * AT 338 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO GAMBIER AND DANVILLE. FLOODING OF THE KOKOSING RIVER AND JELLOWAY CREEK CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE HEAVY RAIN. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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 TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND. LAT...LON 4025 8247 4024 8219 4056 8219 4056 8234 $$ LOMBARDY
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KCLE 221140 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 738 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 OHC083-221345- KNOX OH- 738 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR EASTERN KNOX COUNTY... AT 731 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE MODERATE RAIN PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO DANVILLE. THE SHERIFF REPORTED THAT A STREAM HAD RISEN OUT OF ITS BANKS AND WAS FLOWING ACROSS A ROADWAY IN DANVILLE. THE STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. DO NOT GO NEAR FAST MOVING STREAMS. NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN CLEVELAND. LAT...LON 4025 8247 4024 8219 4056 8219 4056 8234 $$ LOMBARDY
000 WGUS71 KCLE 221347 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 947 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 OHC083-221349- KNOX OH- 947 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 945 AM EDT FOR EASTERN KNOX COUNTY... ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY...AREAS OF HIGH WATER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATES OF TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS KNOX COUNTY OVERNIGHT...AND A SPOTTER JUST SOUTH OF DANVILLE REPORTED 4.40 INCHES OF RAIN OVERNIGHT. LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THAT AREAS OF HIGH WATER STILL EXIST ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...PARTICULARLY ON STATE ROUTE 62 NEAR DANVILLE. ALSO...THERE WAS A REPORT OF A BRIDGE ON GROVE CHURCH ROAD IN GAMBIER THAT WAS WASHED OUT EARLIER THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 4025 8247 4024 8219 4056 8219 4056 8234 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:55 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Mahoning, Morrow, Portage and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 11:11 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 12:52 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 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.