Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

May 14, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT (19:49 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Ashland County, OH, Medina County, OH, Richland County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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033 
WGUS51 KCLE 141949
FFWCLE
OHC005-103-139-150000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0013.110514T1949Z-110515T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ASHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  WESTERN MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT

* AT 344 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL AT A FEW LOCATIONS AND      
  ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES MAY FALL AT A FEW LOCATIONS.

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ASHLAND...HAYESVILLE...LODI...LOUDONVILLE...POLK AND SAVANNAH.

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 4100 8255 4099 8244 4106 8244 4107 8217
      4114 8217 4114 8208 4120 8207 4120 8201
      4099 8201 4099 8213 4067 8213 4066 8222
      4057 8222 4056 8230 4056 8250

$$

KIELTYKA

613 
WGUS71 KCLE 142311
FFSCLE

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

OHC005-103-139-150000-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110515T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ASHLAND OH-MEDINA OH-RICHLAND OH-
711 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN RICHLAND...
WESTERN MEDINA AND ASHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM EDT...

AT 703 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A A 
SMALL AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT MAY MOVE ALONG THE RICHLAND AND 
ASHLAND COUNTY LINE THROUGH 8 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE 
UNDER AN INCH. 

SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN THE
WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...ASHLAND...HAYESVILLE...LODI...LOUDONVILLE...POLK AND
SAVANNAH.

LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT MANY ROADS IN ASHLAND COUNTY ARE 
CLOSED BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER.

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 4100 8255 4099 8244 4106 8244 4107 8217
      4114 8217 4114 8208 4120 8207 4120 8201
      4099 8201 4099 8213 4067 8213 4066 8222
      4057 8222 4056 8230 4056 8250

$$

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.