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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 21, 2007Holmes County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2007, 4:39 AM EDT for Holmes County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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
Aug 21, 2007, 4:39 AM EDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2007, 10:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Holmes County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 18 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2007-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
18 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 210841
FFWCLE
OHC075-211445-
/X.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0020.070821T0839Z-070821T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HOLMES COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1045 AM EDT

* AT 438 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO   
WINESBURG...NASHVILLE...MILLERSBURG AND HOLMESVILLE

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA BETWEEN 430 AM AND 830 AM. SOME LOCATIONS HAVE RECEIVED 
OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 3 AM.

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 4048 8215 4047 8167 4066 8167 4065 8212

$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 12:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock, Wyandot6 hr
Aug 21, 12:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford6 hr
Aug 21, 1:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMarion6 hr
Aug 21, 2:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland6 hr
Aug 21, 2:41 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWyandot4 hr
Aug 21, 3:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLERichland4 hr
Aug 21, 3:39 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHolmes6 hr
Aug 21, 3:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEStark, Wayne8 hr
Aug 21, 3:52 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMedina, Summit6 hr
Aug 21, 4:07 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland6 hr
Aug 21, 4:14 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock6 hr
Aug 21, 4:20 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford6 hr
Aug 21, 4:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock3 days
Aug 21, 4:50 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood5 days
Aug 21, 5:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHuron, Sandusky, Seneca8 hr
Aug 21, 6:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie8 hr
Aug 21, 6:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain6 hr
Aug 21, 7:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEKnox, Morrow6 hr
Aug 21, 8:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne48 hr
Aug 21, 9:27 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEWood10 hr
Aug 21, 10:02 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes8 hr
Aug 21, 10:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Richland, Wyandot24 hr
Aug 21, 12:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood4 days
Aug 21, 12:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESeneca4 days
Aug 21, 5:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland12 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.