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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 3, 2007Lucas County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2007, 6:57 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, 6:57 PM EDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2007, 10:00 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), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 3, 8:00 PM EDTFLASH FLOODToledo, OHUNDERPASSED FLOODED AND SOME CARS STRANDED.

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 129 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2007-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 032258
FFWCLE
OHC095-040200-
/X.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.070603T2257Z-070604T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
657 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 1000 PM EDT

* AT 650 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...
  SYLVANIA AND HOLLAND

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH TO TWO INCHES MAY OCCUR IN 
THE WARNED AREA. THIS AREA HAD HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE RAPID FLOODING.

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.

LAT...LON 4147 8383 4157 8362 4172 8355 4171 8393

$$
KIELTYKA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 040124
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
920 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007

OHC095-040200-
/X.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070604T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUCAS OH-
920 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM EDT FOR 
LUCAS COUNTY...

AT 911 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
SOME SHOWERS MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS 
EVENING RANGED FROM THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND A 
QUARTER. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS OVER AND THE WATER LEVELS WILL BEGIN 
TO RECEDE.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO AND
HOLLAND

IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU 
THINK...TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4147 8383 4157 8362 4171 8348 4171 8393

$$

KIELTYKA
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 040200
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
958 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007

OHC095-040228-
/X.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070604T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUCAS OH-
958 PM EDT SUN JUN 3 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR LUCAS COUNTY...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. THE GROUND IS VERY SATURATED AND SOME 
ROADS AND STREAMS MAY STILL BE FLOODED. THE WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE.
IF YOU ENCOUNTER FLOODED ROADS THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN YOU 
THINK...TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4147 8383 4157 8362 4171 8348 4171 8393

$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 1:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas3 hr
Jun 3, 4:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford42 min
Jun 3, 7:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood55 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.