Alert archive / Ohio / Areal Flood Advisories in 2012
Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 15, 2012, 6:05 AM EDT for Ashland County, Knox County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2012, 6:05 AM EDT (10:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Ashland County, OH, Knox County, OH, Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2195 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Mar 15, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 4:53 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 5:44 AM EDT, 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 544 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-160945- LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL- WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW- HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE- CRAWFORD PA- 544 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHEAST OHIO...WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS RETURNING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING WITH LARGE HAIL TO ONE INCH BEING THE PRIMARY THREAT. THERE WILL BE AN ISOLATED THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH BOTH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS BEING A CONCERN. STORM MOTION WILL BE TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-160945- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY- MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH- THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH- AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA- ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT- LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY- 544 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THERE IS AN ISOLATED THREAT OF LARGE HAIL WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 15, 3:07 AM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 307 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 OHZ003-006>008-017-018-027-150815- HANCOCK-LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-SENECA-WOOD-WYANDOT- 307 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST OHIO... AT 300 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. ALL OF THIS ACTIVITY WILL MOVE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
Local storm report, Mar 15, 3:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
314 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0310 AM HAIL MOUNT CORY 40.93N 83.82W
03/15/2012 E1.00 INCH HANCOCK OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CLARKLocal storm report, Mar 15, 5:24 AM EDT, 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
524 AM EDT THU MAR 15 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0316 AM HAIL MOUNT CORY 40.93N 83.82W
03/15/2012 M1.50 INCH HANCOCK OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0405 AM HAIL 1 E LINDSEY 41.42N 83.20W
03/15/2012 M1.00 INCH SANDUSKY OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0406 AM HAIL 1 S MANSFIELD 40.75N 82.53W
03/15/2012 M1.00 INCH RICHLAND OH PUBLIC
0415 AM HAIL 4 S OAK HARBOR 41.45N 83.15W
03/15/2012 M1.00 INCH SANDUSKY OH TRAINED SPOTTER
0428 AM HAIL MONROEVILLE 41.24N 82.70W
03/15/2012 M1.00 INCH HURON OH PUBLIC
0435 AM HAIL 2 W NORWALK 41.24N 82.65W
03/15/2012 E1.00 INCH HURON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CLARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:10 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 3:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 3:47 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 43 min |
| Mar 15, 4:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 54 min |
| Mar 15, 4:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 50 min |
| Mar 15, 4:29 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| Mar 15, 5:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 73 min |
| Mar 15, 5:46 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 44 min |
| Mar 15, 7:51 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Richland | 6 hr |
| Mar 15, 8:22 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 83 min | |
| Mar 15, 8:26 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 38 min |
| Mar 15, 9:52 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Wood | 17 min |
| Mar 15, 4:46 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 29 min |
| Mar 15, 5:56 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Mar 15, 7:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas | 25 min |
| Mar 15, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.