Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Feb 6, 2008, 1:53 AM EST for 6 counties in 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
- Feb 6, 2008, 1:53 AM EST (06:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2008, 8:00 AM EST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 74 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 295 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 060656
FFWCLE
OHC005-033-101-117-139-175-061300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0002.080206T0653Z-080206T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
153 AM EST WED FEB 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ASHLAND...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BUCYRUS...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARION...
MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT GILEAD...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANSFIELD...
WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF UPPER SANDUSKY...
* UNTIL 800 AM EST
* AT 150 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE AREAS OF RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON CREEKS AND
STREAMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO SYCAMORE...
SHELBY...SAVANNAH...POLK...ONTARIO...NEW WASHINGTON...MORRAL...
MARSEILLES...LEXINGTON...HAYESVILLE...GALION...CRESTLINE AND
CHATFIELD
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.
LAT...LON 4039 8293 4041 8293 4047 8326 4050 8326
4050 8341 4070 8341 4071 8349 4099 8345
4099 8243 4105 8242 4106 8217 4099 8217
4098 8213 4067 8212 4067 8222 4057 8222
4055 8264 4034 8265 4034 8274
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 180DEG 0KT 4064 8264
$$
LEINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 10:56 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Lucas, Marion, Ottawa, Sandusky and 3 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:17 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Medina and 5 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:34 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 19 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:53 AM EST | River Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 4 days |
| Feb 6, 7:54 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:13 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Medina and 5 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:59 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 31 min |
| Feb 6, 6:06 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Holmes, Huron, Knox and 5 more | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.