Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2006, 7:28 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. 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
- Jun 21, 2006, 7:28 PM EDT (23:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2006, 10:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 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 23:29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 8:30 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Toledo, OH | COUNTYWIDE FLASH FLOODING. STARTED AT 830 PM AND IS ONGOING THROUGH AT LEAST 11 PM. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING INCLUDING BUSINESSES INUNDATED. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER 5 INCHES. |
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, 11.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 574 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 212329
FFWCLE
OHC095-220230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
728 PM EDT WED JUN 21 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 1030 PM EDT
* AT 725 PM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS POSSIBLE FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SYLVANIA
AND TOLEDO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA. A FEW LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN
ABOUT 60 MINUTES.
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.
LAT...LON 4171 8383 4172 8346 4168 8332 4163 8344
4162 8357 4157 8362 4150 8377 4150 8381
4157 8383
$$
KIELTYKA1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KCLE 220121
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006
OHC095-220230-
LUCAS OH-
920 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM EDT FOR
LUCAS COUNTY...
AT 909 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO...
SYLVANIA...OREGON AND HOLLAND
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY TWO INCHES MAY OCCUR.
THE GROUND IS SATURATED.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4171 8383 4172 8346 4168 8332 4163 8344
4162 8357 4157 8362 4150 8377 4150 8381
4157 8383
$$
KIELTYKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 9:28 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford | 6 hr |
| Jun 21, 1:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 22 min |
| Jun 21, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Jun 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 48 min |
| Jun 21, 7:19 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas | 56 min |
| Jun 21, 7:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 59 min |
| Jun 21, 7:32 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 43 min |
| Jun 21, 7:55 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 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.