Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 5:19 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 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 8, 2008, 5:19 PM EDT (21:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2008, 8:49 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 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 082121
FFWCLE
OHC007-035-055-085-090315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0007.080708T2119Z-080709T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
519 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
NORTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1115 PM EDT
* AT 515 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. OVER 2
INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURED OVER EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY OVER
THE PAST HOUR. TOTAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WILLOUGHBY...SOLON...PERRY...PAINESVILLE...NORTH KINGSVILLE...
MENTOR...MADISON...JEFFERSON...GENEVA...EUCLID...EASTLAKE...
CONNEAUT...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...CLEVELAND...CHESTERLAND...CHARDON
AND ASHTABULA.
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4199 8052 4169 8054 4145 8137 4136 8138
4134 8143 4135 8158 4127 8155 4127 8162
4150 8180 4151 8170 4162 8150 4171 8139
4187 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2119Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 8177
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS71 KCLE 082309
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
705 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
OHC007-035-055-085-090315-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080709T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-ASHTABULA OH-
705 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM EDT FOR
ASHTABULA...LAKE...NORTHERN GEAUGA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...
AT 658 PM EDT...NUMEROUS ROADS IN NORTHERN GEAUGA...NORTHERN
ASHTABULA AND LAKE COUNTIES WERE REPORTED FLOODED EARLIER THIS
EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BUT LIGHT
RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL. ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE
RAINFALL WILL END BY 8 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILLOUGHBY...
SOLON...PERRY...PAINESVILLE...NORTH KINGSVILLE...MENTOR...MADISON...
JEFFERSON...GENEVA...EUCLID...EASTLAKE...CONNEAUT...CLEVELAND
HEIGHTS...CLEVELAND...CHESTERLAND...CHARDON AND ASHTABULA
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4199 8052 4169 8054 4145 8137 4136 8138
4134 8143 4135 8158 4127 8155 4127 8162
4150 8180 4151 8170 4162 8150 4171 8139
4187 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 8177
$$000
WGUS71 KCLE 090049
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
849 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
OHC007-035-055-085-090059-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-080709T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-ASHTABULA OH-
849 PM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ASHTABULA...LAKE...
NORTHERN GEAUGA AND CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAD PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA
HAVE MOVED EAST. WHILE SOME SMALL STREAMS AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS
COULD STILL BE EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING...THE THREAT OF
WIDESPREAD FLOODING HAS ENDED.
LAT...LON 4199 8052 4169 8054 4145 8137 4136 8138
4134 8143 4135 8158 4127 8155 4127 8162
4150 8180 4151 8170 4162 8150 4171 8139
4187 8099
TIME...MOT...LOC 0049Z 180DEG 0KT 4138 8177
$$
TKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 114 min | |
| Jul 8, 2:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 8, 2:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 47 min |
| Jul 8, 2:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 2:48 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 42 min |
| Jul 8, 2:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 3:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Seneca | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 3:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 3:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 3:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 57 min | |
| Jul 8, 3:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 67 min |
| Jul 8, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 64 min |
| Jul 8, 4:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 4:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 62 min |
| Jul 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 54 min |
| Jul 8, 5:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 53 min |
| Jul 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 58 min |
| Jul 8, 6:01 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 44 min |
| Jul 8, 6:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 75 min |
| Jul 8, 6:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 107 min |
| Jul 8, 6:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 44 min |
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.