Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2006, 5:54 PM EDT for Crawford County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 3 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 27, 2006, 5:54 PM EDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2006, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crawford County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 27, 7:02 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 S Meadville, PA | NUMEORUS ROADS CLOSED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY. |
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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 1155 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 966 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 272156
FFWCLE
PAC039-280100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
554 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT
* AT 554 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF CRAWFORD COUNTY NEAR
AND EAST OF ATLANTIC WHERE UP TO 2 INCHES RAIN FELL BETWEEN 445 AND
545 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2
INCHES POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
ATLANTIC...COCHRANTON...GENEVA AND HARTSTOWN
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 4171 7963 4163 7963 4162 7977 4163 7982
4149 8000 4149 8041 4150 8042 4150 8051
4176 8051
$$
MRD1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KCLE 272316
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
716 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
PAC039-280100-
CRAWFORD PA-
716 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
AT 712 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE AREA. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN
WAS LOCATED NEAR MEADVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED ACROSS
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN
LAT...LON 4171 7963 4163 7963 4162 7977 4163 7982
4149 8000 4149 8041 4150 8042 4150 8051
4176 8051
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 12:41 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 12:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 1:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:45 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 20 hr |
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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.