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Areal Flood Warning 63, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 19, 2011Medina County, Stark County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jul 19, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT for Medina County, Stark County, Summit County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 19, 2011, 10:57 AM EDT (14:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2011, 5:00 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Medina County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:55 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 198 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -137 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 700 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jul 19, 9:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:47 AM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 10:07 PM EDT, 12 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1007 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2011

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-200215-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
1007 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
LARGE HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...HIGH TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH INTO THE LOW TO MID 90S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. THIS
COMBINED WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS COULD PUSH THE HEAT INDEX
ABOVE 100 DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF
NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-200215-
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-
1007 PM EDT MON JUL 18 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS.
LARGE HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 6:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
606 AM EDT TUE JUL 19 2011

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

0451 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WESTLAKE                41.45N 81.93W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTIONS OF HARDING-BREWSTER AND CINNAMON
            WAY-CANTEBERRY WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NORTH OLMSTED           41.41N 81.92W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF GREAT NORTHERN BLVD AND COUNTRY CLUB BLVD
            FLOODED WITH AROUND 3 FEET OF WATER. WATER RESCUES
            CONDUCTED BY LOCAL RESPONDERS. INTERSECTION OF BROOKPARK
            AND DOVER CENTER FLOODED AS WELL.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BEREA                   41.37N 81.86W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            2-3 FEET OF WATER IN BASEMENTS. INTERSECTION OF N ROCKY
            RIVER AND LINDBERG FLOODED.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CLEVELAND               41.48N 81.68W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY. WORSE CONDITIONS
            ALONG W 117TH STREET NEAR MADISON AND BEREA ROADS.
            PORTIONS OF 480 EAST BOUND FLOODED.

0415 AM     FLASH FLOOD      NORTH ROYALTON          41.31N 81.75W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            STATE RT 82 FLOODED WTIH AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 FEET OF
            STANDING WATER.

0415 AM     FLASH FLOOD      PARMA                   41.38N 81.73W
07/19/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            INTERSECTION OF YORK AND PLEASANT VALLEY CLOSED DUE TO
            HIGH WATER.

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GREEN                   40.95N 81.49W
07/19/2011                   SUMMIT             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS WASHED OUT DUE TO FLASH FLOODS. LOBBY ROAD NEAR THE
            AIRPORT AND PENGUIN AVE KNOWN TO BE DAMAGED.

0503 AM     FLASH FLOOD      AKRON                   41.08N 81.52W
07/19/2011                   SUMMIT             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS AKRON. SEVERAL ROADS ACROSS
            THE CITY ARE CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER.

0515 AM     FLOOD            NORTH CANTON            40.87N 81.40W
07/19/2011                   STARK              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE CITY. MEASURED RAINFALL OF
            4.75 INCHES SINCE 3 AM. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED.

&&

JAMISON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 9:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock	3 hr
Jul 18, 11:20 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		85 min
Jul 19, 12:25 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		95 min
Jul 19, 2:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	5 hr
Jul 19, 3:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	4 hr
Jul 19, 3:26 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain	6 hr
Jul 19, 4:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	5 hr
Jul 19, 4:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit	7 hr
Jul 19, 4:33 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 14 more	39 hr
Jul 19, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Medina, Stark, Summit	6 hr
Jul 19, 5:28 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	16 hr
Jul 19, 6:46 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	22 hr
Jul 19, 8:59 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	6 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.