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Areal Flood Warning 69, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 7, 2011Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Aug 7, 2011, 2:38 AM EDT for Marion County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2011, 2:38 AM EDT (06:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2011, 6:30 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 140 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1031 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2011-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1031 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
953 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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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 Aug 7, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 1:38 AM EDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 8:00 AM EDT, 18 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

LEZ142>144-162>164-OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027>029-036-037-047-071200-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-
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-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-MARION-MORROW-KNOX-
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO
LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE
FROM DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-145>149-165>169-OHZ010>014-020>023-030>033-038-089-PAZ001>003-
071200-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
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 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-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-
LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-ASHLAND-
WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-HOLMES-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
800 AM EDT SAT AUG 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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, Aug 6, 8:38 PM EDT, 6 hours before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 8:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky, Wood3 hr
Aug 6, 11:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock6 hr
Aug 7, 12:54 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMarion3 hr
Aug 7, 6:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMarion4 hr
Aug 7, 7:03 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE87 min
Aug 7, 12:11 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr
Aug 7, 3:09 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 4:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion58 min
Aug 7, 7:15 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Aug 7, 7:28 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie62 min
Aug 7, 7:49 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie3 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2011Every 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.