Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2011, 2:31 PM EDT for Hancock County, Marion County, Wyandot County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2011, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2011, 4:56 PM EDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, OH, Marion County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:30 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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 158 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 421 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
314
WGUS51 KCLE 141831
FFWCLE
OHC063-101-175-142230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0011.110514T1831Z-110514T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
231 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
WESTERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT
* AT 225 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES 1.5 TO NEARLY 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN PARTS OF SOUTHERN HANCOCK...SOUTHWEST WYANDOT AND
WESTERN MARION COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL OCCUR DURING THE
NEXT HOUR OR TWO IN MUCH OF THIS AREA...LIKELY RESULTING IN RAPID
FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FINDLAY...ARLINGTON...LA RUE...MARSEILLES...RAWSON AND VANLUE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND STREAMS. FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG LOW
LYING ROADS AND FARMLAND. NEVER DRIVE ACROSS A FLOODED ROAD. TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 4106 8342 4099 8342 4099 8340 4088 8339
4074 8329 4055 8329 4058 8341 4068 8342
4070 8344 4070 8348 4081 8349 4082 8386
4106 8387
$$
ADAMS1 follow-up statement
073
WGUS71 KCLE 142056
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
456 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
OHC063-101-175-142111-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-110514T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYANDOT OH-HANCOCK OH-MARION OH-
456 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
MARION...SOUTHERN HANCOCK AND WESTERN WYANDOT COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4106 8342 4099 8342 4099 8340 4088 8339
4074 8329 4055 8329 4058 8341 4068 8342
4070 8344 4070 8348 4081 8349 4082 8386
4106 8387
$$
TKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:30 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 3 hr |
| May 13, 9:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland | 3 hr |
| May 14, 12:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland | 6 hr |
| May 14, 4:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 19 hr |
| May 14, 1:59 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Sandusky and 2 more | 4 hr |
| May 14, 3:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Richland | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 4 hr |
| May 14, 4:36 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Medina, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 5 hr |
| May 14, 6:07 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 4 hr |
| May 14, 6:22 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Richland | 4 hr |
| May 14, 7:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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.