Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2008, 12:35 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 3, 2008, 12:35 AM EDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2008, 6:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- 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 04:38 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:00 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Toledo, OH | LUCAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT SWAN CREEK IN WESTERN TOLEDO WAS OVERFLOWING AND THAT SEVERAL ROADS WERE CLOSED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 2106 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS51 KCLE 030440
FFWCLE
OHC095-031030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0006.080703T0435Z-080703T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1235 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 630 AM EDT
* AT 1229 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR A LINE
OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL TRAIN ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY CONTINUING
UNTIL AROUND 3 AM. THIS AREA OF RAINFALL WILL MOVE TO THE SOUTH
AT AROUND 15 MPH WHILE INDIVIDUAL CELLS MOVE EAST AT AROUND 40 MPH.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED WITH AN
ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. AREA CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING FULL
AND MAY EXCEED BANKFULL LEVELS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO...
SYLVANIA AND OREGON
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 4171 8387 4172 8347 4163 8328 4161 8356
4157 8361 4153 8370 4148 8371 4142 8384
4142 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0435Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 8377
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS71 KCLE 030701
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
249 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
OHC095-031030-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-080703T1030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUCAS OH-
249 AM EDT THU JUL 3 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EDT FOR LUCAS
COUNTY...
AT 235 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SEVERAL
ROADS ACROSS LUCAS COUNTY WERE COVERED WITH WATER WITH THE RAMP FOR
I475 AT COREY ROAD CLOSED IN BOTH THE EAST AND WEST BOUND DIRECTIONS.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BUT LIGHT RAINS
CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF LUCAS COUNTY. ADDITIONAL MODERATE
TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE AREA
FROM THE WEST. RADAR AND AREA RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT MUCH OF LUCAS
COUNTY HAS SEEN AT LEAST 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL LOCATIONS
SEEING GREATER THAN 4 INCHES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 6 AM
SHOULD REMAIN BETWEEN .5 TO SLIGHTLY OVER 1 INCH. THIS WILL KEEP WATER FROM
RECEDING MUCH THROUGH 5 AM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TOLEDO...
OREGON...HOLLAND AND SYLVANIA AND LOCATIONS EAST OF SWANTON.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
LAT...LON 4171 8387 4172 8347 4163 8328 4161 8356
4157 8361 4153 8370 4148 8371 4142 8384
4142 8387
TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 180DEG 0KT 4163 8377
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 8:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 8:19 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Jul 2, 9:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 4 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 3 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.