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Areal Flood Warning 77, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 25, 2011Ashtabula County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Aug 25, 2011, 1:31 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2011, 1:31 AM EDT (05:31 UTC)
Expired: Aug 25, 2011, 4:30 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Ashtabula County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 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 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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: 1205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 251 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 235 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.6

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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 25, 1:15 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 25, 1:15 AM EDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 12:48 AM EDT, 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1248 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

LEZ144>149-164>169-OHZ009>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-
PAZ001>003-260500-
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 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-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-
1248 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...TORNADO WATCH 805 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   TORNADO WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ142-143-162-163-OHZ003-006>008-260500-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-
1248 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-260500-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
1248 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 804 IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

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 24, 11:46 PM EDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1146 PM EDT WED AUG 24 2011

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

1110 PM     TSTM WND DMG     FREMONT                 41.35N 83.11W
08/24/2011                   SANDUSKY           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CANOPIES DOWN AND SOME TENTS TORN DOWN AT FAIR GROUNDS.

&&

KIELTYKA

Local storm report, Aug 25, 12:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1202 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

1157 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 E NORWALK             41.24N 82.55W
08/24/2011  E60 MPH          HURON              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LIMB DOWN.

&&

OUDEMAN

Local storm report, Aug 25, 12:33 AM EDT, 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1233 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     TIFFIN                  41.12N 83.18W
08/24/2011                   SENECA             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN AROUND THE COUNTY.

1133 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PORT CLINTON            41.51N 82.94W
08/24/2011                   OTTAWA             OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS DOWN.

1137 PM     TSTM WND DMG     BELLEVUE                41.28N 82.84W
08/24/2011                   SANDUSKY           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE FELL ON HOUSE.

1150 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NORWALK                 41.24N 82.61W
08/24/2011                   HURON              OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            LARGE TREES DOWN ACROSS THE CITY.

&&

KUBINA

Local storm report, Aug 25, 12:38 AM EDT, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1238 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

1222 AM     TSTM WND GST     NORTH RIDGEVILLE        41.39N 82.02W
08/25/2011  M68.00 MPH       LORAIN             OH   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

&&

OUDEMAN

Local storm report, Aug 25, 1:07 AM EDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
107 AM EDT THU AUG 25 2011

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

1208 AM     HAIL             LORAIN                  41.44N 82.18W
08/25/2011  E0.75 INCH       LORAIN             OH   PUBLIC

1225 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE CITY               42.02N 80.35W
08/25/2011                   ERIE               PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE LIMB DOWN.

1232 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEVELAND               41.48N 81.68W
08/25/2011                   CUYAHOGA           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NUMEROUS TREES AND LIMBS DOWN ALONG SHOREWAY...LAKE
            AVENUE...85TH AND YACHT CLUB.

1245 AM     HAIL             GENEVA                  41.80N 80.95W
08/25/2011  E1.00 INCH       ASHTABULA          OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

1250 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CORRY                   41.93N 79.64W
08/25/2011                   ERIE               PA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE LIMB DOWN.

&&

OUDEMAN

Local storm report, Aug 25, 1:28 AM EDT, 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 24, 9:52 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		113 min
Aug 24, 10:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	64 min
Aug 24, 11:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky	41 min
Aug 24, 11:07 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	53 min
Aug 24, 11:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	3 hr
Aug 24, 11:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Seneca, Wood	61 min
Aug 24, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Aug 24, 11:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	75 min
Aug 24, 11:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Wyandot	44 min
Aug 24, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	40 min
Aug 24, 11:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	71 min
Aug 24, 11:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion	42 min
Aug 25, 12:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Richland	59 min
Aug 25, 12:26 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Summit, Wayne	79 min
Aug 25, 12:32 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	3 hr
Aug 25, 12:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake	79 min
Aug 25, 1:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	66 min
Aug 25, 1:12 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	48 min
Aug 25, 1:27 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Trumbull	25 min
Aug 25, 1:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Trumbull	3 hr
Aug 25, 1:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford	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.