Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

May 14, 2011, 6:07 PM EDT (22:07 UTC)

Expired

May 14, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Portage County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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387 
WGUS51 KCLE 142207
FFWCLE
OHC133-151-153-150200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0016.110514T2207Z-110515T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
  SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO

* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT

* AT 600 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SOME SLOW MOVING 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE 
GROUND IS SATURATED FROM THE RAIN YESTERDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THIS 
EVENING COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...     
  AKRON...CANTON...RAVENNA...ALLIANCE...BARBERTON...MACEDONIA...
  NORTH CANTON...STREETSBORO AND TWINSBURG.

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!

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DON'T
DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 4063 8165 4098 8165 4099 8169 4128 8169
      4128 8157 4135 8159 4134 8100 4099 8100
      4099 8109 4073 8108 4072 8123 4065 8124
      4065 8143 4066 8146 4065 8147

$$

KIELTYKA

412 
WGUS71 KCLE 150142
FFSCLE

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

OHC133-151-153-150200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110515T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PORTAGE OH-STARK OH-SUMMIT OH-
942 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT...STARK AND
PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...

AT 934 PM EDT...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTIES. SOME 
SPOTTY REPORTS OF FLOODING WERE RECEIVED FROM THE STREETSBORO AREA 
IN PORTAGE COUNTY AND IN MINERVA IN SOUTHEAST STARK COUNTY. SOME 
STREAMS AND CREEKS ROSE RAPIDLY. ANY HIGH WATER WILL SLOWLY RECEDE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 4063 8165 4098 8165 4099 8169 4128 8169
      4128 8157 4135 8159 4134 8100 4099 8100
      4099 8109 4073 8108 4072 8123 4065 8124
      4065 8143 4066 8146 4065 8147

$$

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.