Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

May 14, 2011, 3:24 PM EDT (19:24 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2011, 7:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Crawford County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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731 
WGUS51 KCLE 141924
FFWCLE
OHC033-077-083-117-139-143-147-175-142330-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0012.110514T1924Z-110514T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
324 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  SENECA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  SOUTHEASTERN SANDUSKY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO
  WESTERN HURON COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  WESTERN KNOX COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 730 PM EDT

* AT 320 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER AN INCH MAY HAVE FALLEN ALREADY 
  AND ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN A SHORT TIME AT SOME 
  LOCATIONS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BUCYRUS...FOSTORIA...MANSFIELD...MOUNT GILEAD...NORWALK...         
  SYCAMORE...TIFFIN...UPPER SANDUSKY...BELLEVUE...NEW                
  WASHINGTON...ONTARIO...PLYMOUTH...SHELBY...SPARTA AND WILLARD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF
WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DRAINAGE DITCHES
ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. IN URBAN AREAS...FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG
POORLY DRAINED AND LOW LYING HIGHWAYS...STREETS...AND UNDERPASSES. BE
ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 4027 8272 4028 8275 4035 8274 4036 8286
      4071 8286 4070 8326 4082 8336 4100 8343
      4126 8341 4128 8259 4072 8250 4026 8249

$$

KIELTYKA

885 
WGUS71 KCLE 142116
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
516 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

OHC033-077-083-117-139-143-147-175-142330-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-110514T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-HURON OH-KNOX OH-MORROW OH-RICHLAND OH-
SENECA OH-SANDUSKY OH-
516 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN RICHLAND...
MORROW...WESTERN KNOX...WESTERN HURON AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH
CENTRAL OHIO...AND SOUTHERN SANDUSKY...SENECA AND WYANDOT COUNTIES IN
NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 730 PM EDT...

AT 506 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS LOCATED OVER 
NORTHEAST MORROW COUNTY AND WESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY. THE 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY NORTHEAST. THE RAINFALL RATES WERE 
DECREASING...ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL FROM THESE 
THUNDERSTORMS. ELSEWHERE THE HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED BUT SINCE THE 
GROUND IS SATURATED ANY HIGH WATER WILL BE SLOW TO RECEDE. 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH 
FLOODING TO OCCUR. 

SOME FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN TIFFIN JUST AFTER 4 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 4027 8272 4028 8275 4035 8274 4036 8286
      4071 8286 4070 8326 4082 8336 4100 8343
      4126 8341 4128 8259 4072 8250 4026 8249

$$

KIELTYKA

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.