Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Aug 21, 2007, 4:20 AM EDT (08:20 UTC)

Expired

Aug 21, 2007, 10:15 AM EDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Flood severity

None

County Crawford County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS51 KCLE 210821
FFWCLE
OHC033-211415-
/X.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0019.070821T0820Z-070821T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
420 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 1015 AM EDT

* AT 417 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
  WASHINGTON AND CHATFIELD

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY OCCUR BETWEEN 4 AM 
AND 8 AM. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 
MIDNIGHT.

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 WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

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 4074 8306 4075 8275 4097 8277 4097 8307

$$

KIELTYKA

000 
WGUS71 KCLE 210951
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
548 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

OHC033-211415-
/X.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-070821T1415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD OH-
548 AM EDT TUE AUG 21 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM EDT FOR
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...

AT 547 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...HOWEVER...THE INTENSITY WAS 
DECREASING. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. MANY ROADS ARE 
CLOSED. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO NEW
WASHINGTON AND CHATFIELD

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES MAY FALL 
BETWEEN 6 AM AND 9 AM. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 4 INCHES 
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

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.

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4072 8309 4072 8274 4099 8273 4098 8309

$$
KIELTYKA

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007

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.