Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2011, 7:04 PM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 18, 2011, 7:04 PM EDT (23:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2011, 10:04 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 743 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
581
WGUS51 KCLE 182304
FFWCLE
OHC095-190300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0037.110818T2304Z-110819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
704 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 700 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. RADAR INDICATES SOME PORTIONS OF EASTERN
LUCAS COUNTY HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 3 INCHES OF RAIN. SEVERE STREET
FLOODING IS LIKLEY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERVILLE...
TOLEDO...
SYLVANIA...
WHITEHOUSE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8388 4173 8345 4173 8341 4170 8342
4171 8331 4164 8320 4162 8323 4162 8357
4157 8361 4153 8371 4149 8371 4146 8375
4142 8388
$$1 follow-up statement
470
WGUS71 KCLE 190204
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1004 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
OHC095-190216-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-110819T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LUCAS OH-
1004 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
WIDESPREAD URBAN AND LOWLAND FLOODING WAS REPORTED EARLIER IN THE
EVENING. THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS ENDED SO FLOOD
WATERS WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY RECEDE. PONDING OF WATERS ON
ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.
STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE ALSO BEGUN TO RECEDE. IF
FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4172 8388 4173 8345 4173 8341 4170 8342
4171 8331 4164 8320 4162 8323 4162 8357
4157 8361 4153 8371 4149 8371 4146 8375
4142 8388
$$
KUBINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 18, 6:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 63 min |
| Aug 18, 6:30 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Aug 18, 6:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Wood | 62 min |
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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.