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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 27, 2007Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2007, 1:15 AM EDT for Wood County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
Jul 27, 2007, 1:15 AM EDT (05:15 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2007, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Flood severity
None

County Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:18 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 627 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
627 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS51 KCLE 270516
FFWCLE
OHC173-270815-
/X.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0006.070727T0515Z-070727T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
115 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO

* UNTIL 415 AM EDT

* AT 113 AM EDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED FROM A THUNDERSTORM   
OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END BY 230 AM. THEY 
WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BOWLING
  GREEN

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 8367 4122 8369 4119 8345 4139 8342

$$

KIELTYKA
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 270640
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
239 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

OHC173-270815-
/X.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070727T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOOD OH-
239 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY...

AT 234 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS JUST 
SHOWING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS 
ENDED.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE UNDER AN INCH IN THE WARNED AREA.

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.

LAT...LON 4147 8367 4122 8369 4119 8345 4139 8342

$$

KIELTYKA
000 
WGUS71 KCLE 270825
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
424 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

OHC173-270834-
/X.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-070727T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOOD OH-
424 AM EDT FRI JUL 27 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL WOOD COUNTY...

THE HIGH WATER HAD SUBSIDED AT MOST LOCATIONS. HOWEVER...IF YOU DO 
ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROAD THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THEN YOU 
THINK...TURN AROUND AND DONT DROWN.

LAT...LON 4147 8367 4122 8369 4119 8345 4139 8342

$$

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 8:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 26, 11:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock61 min
Jul 27, 12:21 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEWood4 hr
Jul 27, 12:41 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 12:55 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock41 min
Jul 27, 1:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWood45 min
Jul 27, 2:00 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 2:06 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas20 min
Jul 27, 2:14 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa61 min
Jul 27, 2:43 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 27, 3:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESeneca3 hr
Jul 27, 4:04 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE86 min
Jul 27, 4:18 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELucas3 hr
Jul 27, 5:58 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEWood4 hr
Jul 27, 7:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESeneca3 hr
Jul 27, 9:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes4 hr
Jul 27, 10:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESeneca3 hr
Jul 27, 3:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock51 min
Jul 27, 5:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain67 min
Jul 27, 5:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie34 min
Jul 27, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron24 min
Jul 27, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina63 min
Jul 27, 6:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron62 min
Jul 27, 7:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHuron3 hr
Jul 27, 7:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit53 min
Jul 27, 7:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland52 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.