Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2011, 12:52 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 13, 2011, 12:52 PM EDT (16:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2011, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Madison, OH | RIVER ROAD FLOODED. MADISON ROAD NORTH OF 322 UNDER A FOOT OF WATER. HIGH WATER ALSO REPORTED ON FORD ROAD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1018 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893
WGUS51 KCLE 131652
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-085-132200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0007.110513T1652Z-110513T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1252 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT
* AT 1246 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF GREATER THAN ONE INCH ARE BEING OBSERVED
WITH THESE STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CHARDON...PAINESVILLE...BURTON...CHESTERLAND...CLEVELAND HEIGHTS...
EASTLAKE...EUCLID...MADISON...MENTOR...PERRY...SOLON...SOUTH
RUSSELL AND WILLOUGHBY.
ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THIS REGION ALONG THE LAKE BREEZE. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
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 4183 8106 4174 8101 4141 8112 4136 8141
4136 8164 4156 8163 4162 8154 4161 8151
4174 8136 4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124
4181 8116 4182 8109 4184 8108
$$
SJ2 follow-up statements
090
WGUS71 KCLE 131737
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
137 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
OHC035-055-085-132200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110513T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
137 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...GEAUGA AND
NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 132 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN OVER PORTIONS
OF LAKE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY...THE AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES IN LAKE
COUNTY AT CONCORD REPORTED THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN WITHIN
15 MINUTES. THESE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES WILL PRODUCE RAPID
RUNOFF...WITH DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING CONDITIONS LIKELY. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...CHARDON...PAINESVILLE...BURTON...CHESTERLAND...CLEVELAND
HEIGHTS...EASTLAKE...EUCLID...MADISON...MENTOR...PERRY...SOLON...AND
WILLOUGHBY.
LAT...LON 4183 8106 4174 8101 4141 8112 4136 8141
4136 8164 4156 8163 4162 8154 4161 8151
4174 8136 4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124
4181 8116 4182 8109 4184 8108
$$
SJ939
WGUS71 KCLE 132016
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
416 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
OHC035-055-085-132200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-110513T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
416 PM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...GEAUGA AND
NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM EDT...
AT 412 PM EDT...THE TORRENTIAL STORMS HAVE DISSIPATED ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL KEEP AN ELEVATED
FLOOD RISK ACROSS THE AREA. AREA OF MOST CONCERN IS ALONG SMALL STREAMS
AND CREEKS NEAR MADISON...PAINESVILLE...AND MENTOR. RAINFALL
ESTIMATES FROM EARLIER STORMS RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES...MOST OF
WHICH FELL WITHIN ONE HOUR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATER IS USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 4183 8106 4174 8101 4141 8112 4136 8141
4136 8164 4156 8163 4162 8154 4161 8151
4174 8136 4174 8130 4177 8126 4176 8124
4181 8116 4182 8109 4184 8108
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 9:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion | 42 min |
| May 13, 9:27 AM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes and 12 more | 14 hr |
| May 13, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 44 min |
| May 13, 2:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Mahoning, Portage, Stark and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 13, 2:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 41 min |
| May 13, 2:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| May 13, 3:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 112 min |
| May 13, 4:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 62 min |
| May 13, 4:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 4 hr |
| May 13, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Summit, Wayne | 28 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 5 hr |
| May 13, 6:06 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 5 hr |
| May 13, 7:26 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 4 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.