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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 28, 2006Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2006, 1:40 AM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 8 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 28, 2006, 1:40 AM EDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2006, 9:30 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lake County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 280541
FFWCLE
OHC085-281330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
140 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 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 930 AM EDT

* AT 131 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR THAT 
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS LAKE COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED 
THAT NEARLY 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 1230 AM AND 130 AM NEAR 
EASTLAKE. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL IN LAKE COUNTY ACCORDING TO RADAR 
ESTIMATES ARE APPROACHING 8 INCHES SINCE THURSDAY MORNING. THIS IS 
A VERY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION WIDESPREAD AND 
DANGEROUS FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LAKE COUNTY AS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 
OF UP TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH HOUR. MANY 
ROAD WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PERRY...  
MENTOR...MADISON...PAINESVILLE AND EASTLAKE

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

LAT...LON 4183 8103 4171 8102 4170 8111 4165 8111
      4164 8128 4160 8130 4160 8148 4166 8146
      4173 8137 4185 8105

$$

MRD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 280912
FFSCLE

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

OHC085-281330-
LAKE OH-
506 AM EDT FRI JUL 28 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM EDT FOR LAKE 
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING CONTINUED OVERNIGHT IN LAKE COUNTY. LOCAL 
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER MUCH OF THE 
COUNTY FROM AROUND MENTOR TO PAINESVILLE AND MADISON. VIRTUALLY ALL 
WATERWAYS IN THESE AREAS WERE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. EVACUATIONS AND 
WATER RESCUES WERE REPORTED IN THE MADISON AREA OVERNIGHT.

NUMEROUS ROADS WERE REPORTED CLOSED. RESIDENTS ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE 
TO WORK THIS MORNING SHOULD NOT BE TEMPTED TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOOD 
WATERS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP FOR SAFE PASSAGE OR THE ROAD 
SURFACE MAY HAVE WASHED OUT. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. 

HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS AND 
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. THE RAIN SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF BY LATE 
MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON.

LAT...LON 4183 8103 4171 8102 4170 8111 4165 8111
      4164 8128 4160 8130 4160 8148 4166 8146
      4185 8105

$$

KOSARIK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 8:23 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		97 min
Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
Jul 27, 10:35 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:01 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	8 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.