Alert archive / Ohio / Areal Flood Warnings in 2009

Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 9, 2009Lake County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Feb 9, 2009, 3:22 AM EST for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 36 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 9, 2009, 3:22 AM EST (08:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 10, 2009, 3:15 PM EST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lake County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:20 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

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2009-02-09Temperature 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, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 00:00Z on 2009-02-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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 9, 3:10 AM EST, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 9, 3:10 AM EST, 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 5:30 AM EST, 21 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

OHZ006-013-014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003-091030-
WOOD-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-
MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WITH THE SNOW MELT FROM SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH SOME MORE SNOW
MELT TODAY AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF...RIVER LEVELS ARE ON THE RISE AND
SOME MOVEMENT OF ICE ON THE RIVERS MAY OCCUR. SOME MINOR ICE JAM
FLOODING MAY OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ON SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING ESPECIALLY FOR THE EARLY
AND MID WEEK PERIOD. WITH SOME RAINFALL...TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS COMING WEEK...WITH
OR WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH.

IT WILL BE WINDY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WIND GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 45 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-091030-
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-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
ON LAKE ERIE WILL OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-091030-
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WITH THE SNOW MELT FROM SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH SOME MORE SNOW
MELT TODAY AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF...RIVER LEVELS ARE ON THE RISE AND
SOME MOVEMENT OF ICE ON THE RIVERS MAY OCCUR. SOME MINOR ICE JAM
FLOODING MAY OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ON SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING ESPECIALLY FOR THE EARLY
AND MID WEEK PERIOD. WITH SOME RAINFALL...TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NEXT WEEK...WITH OR
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH.

IT WILL BE WINDY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WIND GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 45 MPH.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 8:57 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion31 hr
Feb 9, 3:06 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain4 days
Feb 9, 4:12 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEOttawa, Sandusky14 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every areal flood warning in 2009

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.