Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 1:29 PM EDT for Lucas 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
- Jun 3, 2007, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
- Flood severity
- None
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:17 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Toledo, OH | WATER UP TO TWO FEET DEEP ON ROADS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 118 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1227 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS51 KCLE 031731 FFWCLE OHC095-032030- /X.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0002.070603T1729Z-070603T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 129 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO * UNTIL 430 PM EDT * AT 127 PM 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 TOLEDO AND OREGON DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. 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 4170 8341 4163 8340 4156 8367 4171 8370 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS71 KCLE 031912 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 311 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 OHC095-032030- /X.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070603T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS OH- 311 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM EDT FOR LUCAS COUNTY... TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OF STREETS AND THE PARKING LOT OF A MALL IN PORTIONS OF WEST TOLEDO SINCE 145 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN THROUGH THE RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE TOLEDO AREA...RUNOFF OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 400 PM EDT. IN ADDITION TO THE RAINFALL OVER CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY...HEAVIER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOP OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF LUCAS COUNTY SINCE 230 PM EDT. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT AROUND 30 MPH...BUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WITH THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN LUCAS COUNTY CAN ALSO RANGE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO...OREGON...SYLVANIA AND BERKEY. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 4170 8341 4163 8340 4156 8367 4171 8370 $$
000 WGUS71 KCLE 032033 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 432 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 OHC095-032052- /X.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070603T2030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS OH- 432 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EXCESSIVE RAIN HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL LUCAS COUNTY... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE HIGH WATER ON MOST STREETS HAVE RECEDED. HOWEVER...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD...TURN AROUND AN DONT DROWN...THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LAT...LON 4170 8341 4163 8340 4156 8367 4171 8370 $$ FMK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 4:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford | 42 min |
| Jun 3, 6:57 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.