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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 27, 2006Cuyahoga County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2006, 6:33 PM EDT for Cuyahoga 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
Jul 27, 2006, 6:33 PM EDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2006, 9:30 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Cuyahoga County, OH

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 27, 7:25 PM EDTFLASH FLOODEuclid, OHNUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED WITH WATER IN UNDERPASSES.

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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 174 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1155 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2006-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 272233
FFWCLE
OHC035-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
633 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 930 PM EDT

* AT 630 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 
INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 530 AND 630 PM IN THE EUCLID AREA. MANY 
ROADS AND UNDERPASSES ARE FLOODED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUCLID AND
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 4157 8149 4156 8148 4156 8139 4148 8139
      4148 8156 4151 8170 4158 8156 4161 8155
      4162 8149

$$

MRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 272357
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
755 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

OHC035-280130-
CUYAHOGA OH-
755 PM EDT THU JUL 27 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM EDT FOR 
CUYAHOGA COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF EUCLID...

AT 754 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED AN 
AREA OF ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS JUST OFFSHORE OF 
CUYAHOGA COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
FALLEN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING IN NORTHEAST CUYAHOGA 
COUNTY...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE 
ENTIRE COUNTY THROUGH 930 PM. MANY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ARE 
FLOODED ACROSS NORTHEAST CUYAHOGA COUNTY.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO EUCLID

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE 
YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 4157 8149 4156 8148 4156 8139 4148 8139
      4148 8156 4151 8170 4158 8156 4161 8155
      4162 8149

$$

MRD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood35 min
Jul 26, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky33 min
Jul 26, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min
Jul 26, 10:51 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
Jul 27, 12:13 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 10:50 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE115 min
Jul 27, 11:58 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake47 min
Jul 27, 12:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Jul 27, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE83 min
Jul 27, 2:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake3 hr
Jul 27, 2:45 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more20 hr
Jul 27, 3:40 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 4:30 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake7 hr
Jul 27, 4:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula3 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.