Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 21, 2006, 10:21 PM EDT (02:21 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2006, 2:15 AM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lucas County, OH

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000 
WGUS51 KCLE 220227
FFWCLE
OHC095-220615-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1021 PM EDT WED JUN 21 2006

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS REISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TOLEDO

* UNTIL 215 AM EDT

* AT 1012 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY.  MANY ROADS... 
HOMES... AND BUSINESSES ARE FLOODED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  UP TO 6 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF LUCAS COUNTY SINCE 7 PM.  
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 2 
AM.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT WILL CREATE LIFE-THREATENING 
FLASH FLOOD CONDITIONS.

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

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION  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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4171 8383 4172 8346 4168 8332 4163 8344
      4162 8357 4157 8362 4150 8377 4150 8381
      4157 8383

$$

ASTIFAN

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 220500
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1258 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

OHC095-220615-
LUCAS OH-
1258 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM EDT FOR LUCAS
COUNTY...

AT 1254 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED MAJOR 
FLOODING WAS CONTINUING ACROSS MOST OF LUCAS COUNTY... INCLUDING IN 
TOLEDO AND SYLVANIA.  TRAVEL IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED TONIGHT... AS 
MANY ROADS ARE CLOSED AND FLOODED.  DO NOT DRIVE AROUND 
BARRICADES... AND NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY. 
TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4171 8383 4172 8346 4168 8332 4163 8344
      4162 8357 4157 8362 4150 8377 4150 8381
      4157 8383

$$

ASTIFAN

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006

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.