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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 27, 2006Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2006, 10:35 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 2006, 10:35 PM EDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2006, 1:30 AM 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), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1183 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2006-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1183 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1056 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 280237
FFWCLE
OHC095-280530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1035 PM EDT THU JUL 27 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 130 AM EDT

* AT 1036 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER LUCAS COUNTY. TOLEDO 
EXPRESS AIRPORT RECEIVED 1.7 INCHES OF RAIN IN 40 MINUTES WITH THESE 
STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 130 
AM ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY WHICH WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO            
  HOLLAND...SYLVANIA..OREGON AND DOWNTOWN TOLEDO.

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 
YOU VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 4173 8346 4172 8336 4170 8339 4167 8337
      4163 8339 4162 8357 4157 8362 4153 8370
      4154 8386 4171 8387

$$

MRD
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 280531
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
130 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

OHC095-280540-
LUCAS OH-
130 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN LUCAS COUNTY...

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED.  MOTORISTS ARE 
URGED TO USE CAUTION WHEN ENCOUNTERING ANY AREAS STILL EXPERIENCING 
MINOR FLOODING AND AVOID AREAS WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROADWAY.  

LAT...LON 4173 8346 4172 8336 4170 8339 4167 8337
      4163 8339 4162 8357 4157 8362 4153 8370
      4154 8386 4171 8387

$$

LEINS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:23 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE97 min
Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga3 hr
Jul 28, 1:40 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELake8 hr
Jul 28, 3:01 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula8 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.