Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2006, 11:11 AM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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, 11:11 AM EDT (15:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2006, 3:15 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 1:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mentor, OH | SEVERAL STREETS CLOSED COUNTY-WIDE DUE TO FLOWING HIGH WATER. |
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 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 221511
FFWCLE
OHC085-221915-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1111 AM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PAINESVILLE
* UNTIL 315 PM EDT
* AT 1106 AM EDT...DOPPLAR RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLAR RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO AN INCH AND A HALF
OF RAINFALL HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVERNIGHT AND EARLIER THIS MORNING
ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERRY...
MENTOR AND MADISON
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
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 4157 8146 4156 8129 4164 8129 4164 8111
4171 8109 4172 8101 4185 8101 4165 8148
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KCLE 221916
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
315 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006
OHC085-221918-
LAKE OH-
315 PM EDT SAT JUL 22 2006
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 315 PM EDT
FOR LAKE COUNTY...
HOWEVER...DOPPLAR RADAR IS CONTINUING TO INDICATE A BAND OF RAINFALL
ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF LAKE COUNTY THAT MAY ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON.
LAT...LON 4157 8146 4156 8129 4164 8129 4164 8111
4171 8109 4172 8101 4185 8101 4165 8148
$$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, 3:48 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 10:09 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 3 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.