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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 5, 20089 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Feb 5, 2008, 10:56 PM EST for 9 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 32 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2008, 10:56 PM EST (03:56 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2008, 7:00 AM EST
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Marion County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2008-02-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Detroit, MI at 00:00Z on 2008-02-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
618 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
99 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 5, 10:10 PM EST, 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 10:10 PM EST, 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 7:02 PM EST, 3 hours 54 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
702 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-070015-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
702 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLOOD WATCH

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS OHIO TONIGHT. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS SYSTEM COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL WOULD BE FOR DOWNBURST WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-070015-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
702 PM EST TUE FEB 5 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 11:46 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more8 hr
Feb 6, 12:17 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Medina and 5 more10 hr
Feb 6, 1:53 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot6 hr
Feb 6, 7:34 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain19 hr
Feb 6, 7:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLESandusky4 days
Feb 6, 7:54 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more8 hr
Feb 6, 9:13 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Medina and 5 more22 hr
Feb 6, 2:59 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull31 min
Feb 6, 6:06 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more12 hr
Feb 6, 4:54 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECrawford, Erie4 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.