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Areal Flood Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 24, 20114 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at May 24, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT for 4 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 100 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2011, 6:03 PM EDT (22:03 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2011, 7:43 PM EDT
In force: 100 min
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Mahoning County, OH, Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 6 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -257 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 May 24, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 11:52 AM EDT, 6 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1152 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-089-PAZ001>003-251600-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
1152 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON
SOUTH OF THE LAKE SHORE. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS COULD
APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE HIGH WINDS AND
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...SEVERE
HAIL...AND TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL PROBABLY NOT BE NEEDED.

OHZ027>033-036>038-047-251600-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-
1152 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THE BEST CHANCE WILL BE ALONG THE ROUTE 30 CORRIDOR AND
SOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS AND SEVERE HAIL ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...SEVERE
HAIL...AND TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-251600-
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-
1152 AM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...AND TORNADOES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 3:40 PM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
340 PM EDT TUE MAY 24 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0808 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ERIE                    42.13N 80.09W
05/23/2011                   ERIE               PA   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            2 TREES DOWN IN ERIE. NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN.

&&

CM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 23, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	37 min
May 23, 8:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Marion, Seneca, Wyandot	61 min
May 23, 8:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Lake	29 min
May 23, 8:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Seneca	36 min
May 23, 8:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	52 min
May 23, 8:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Trumbull	33 min
May 23, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Knox, Morrow, Richland	62 min
May 23, 9:26 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 23, 9:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Huron, Lorain	28 min
May 23, 9:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	38 min
May 23, 9:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga	38 min
May 23, 10:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	56 min
May 24, 7:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark, Wayne	3 hr
May 23, 8:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie	46 min
May 23, 10:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie	3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2011 Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.