Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Jun 7, 2011, 9:35 AM EDT (13:35 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2011, 1:30 PM EDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Lorain County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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983 
WGUS51 KCLE 071335
FFWCLE
OHC093-071730-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0023.110607T1335Z-110607T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 130 PM EDT

* AT 929 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
  WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN
  REPORTED. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ELYRIA...LORAIN...AMHERST...AVON LAKE...GRAFTON...NORTH
  RIDGEVILLE...VERMILION AND WELLINGTON. 

* THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LORAIN 
  COUNTY...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH AND A HALF. ADDITIONAL
  HEAVY RAINFALL IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH 1000 AM. 

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 4152 8198 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4128 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4107 8233 4143 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202

$$

431 
WGUS71 KCLE 071444
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1044 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

OHC093-071730-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-110607T1730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LORAIN OH-
1044 AM EDT TUE JUN 7 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LORAIN COUNTY UNTIL 130
PM EDT...

AT 1038 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER TWO INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF LORAIN COUNTY.
THE STORMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH...
WITH STORM COVERAGE DIMINISHING OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM
THE EARLIER RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO REACH LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY COME OUT OF BANKS THROUGH MID DAY. 
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...ELYRIA...LORAIN...AMHERST...AVON LAKE...GRAFTON...NORTH
RIDGEVILLE...VERMILION AND WELLINGTON.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND.

&&

LAT...LON 4152 8198 4135 8197 4135 8188 4128 8188
      4128 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207 4114 8208
      4114 8217 4106 8218 4107 8233 4143 8235
      4144 8226 4149 8217 4153 8202

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.