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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Nov 14, 2011, 3:42 PM EST for Lucas County, Wood 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
- Nov 14, 2011, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 14, 2011, 6:20 PM EST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1493 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 78 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
796
WGUS51 KCLE 142042
FFWCLE
OHC095-173-150000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0041.111114T2042Z-111115T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
342 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LUCAS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
NORTHERN WOOD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 PM EST.
* AT 338 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN. ANOTHER INCH MAY FALL.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WATERVILLE...
TOLEDO...
SYLVANIA...
BOWLING GREEN...
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8388 4173 8388 4173 8345 4173 8341
4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4164 8319
4162 8327 4162 8341 4135 8342 4134 8388
$$2 follow-up statements
653
WGUS71 KCLE 142242
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
542 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
OHC095-173-150000-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111115T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
542 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND NORTHERN WOOD
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM EST...
AT 525 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN A
SHORT TIME. LESS THAN HALF AN INCH OF RAIN WILL FALL THE REST OF THE
EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BOWLING GREEN...SYLVANIA...TOLEDO...WATERVILLE...HOLLAND...
NORTHWOOD...OREGON...PERRYSBURG...ROSSFORD...WESTON AND WHITEHOUSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8388 4173 8388 4173 8345 4173 8341
4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4164 8319
4162 8327 4162 8341 4135 8342 4134 8388
$$
KIELTYKA895
WGUS71 KCLE 142320
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
620 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
OHC095-173-142335-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-111115T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WOOD OH-LUCAS OH-
620 PM EST MON NOV 14 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LUCAS AND NORTHERN
WOOD COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
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 4172 8388 4173 8388 4173 8345 4173 8341
4170 8342 4169 8336 4171 8333 4164 8319
4162 8327 4162 8341 4135 8342 4134 8388
$$
KIELTYKAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 10:06 AM EST | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 17 hr | |
| Nov 14, 2:00 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 75 min | |
| Nov 14, 3:51 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 39 min |
| Nov 14, 4:07 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 83 min | |
| Nov 14, 4:13 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 92 min | |
| Nov 14, 4:27 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 78 min | |
| Nov 14, 5:10 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 6 hr |
| Nov 14, 5:14 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 61 min |
| Nov 14, 5:31 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Seneca, Wyandot | 59 min |
| Nov 14, 5:42 PM EST | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 78 min | |
| Nov 14, 5:51 PM EST | Tornado Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 28 min |
| Nov 14, 6:05 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga | 25 min |
| Nov 14, 6:32 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 28 min |
| Nov 14, 6:52 PM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 53 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.