Alert archive / Ohio / Areal Flood Advisories in 2012
Areal Flood Advisory 7, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood advisory at Mar 16, 2012, 5:01 AM EDT for Lucas County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2012, 5:01 AM EDT (09:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lucas County, OH
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 1537 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 984 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
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 16, 4:14 AM EDT, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 4:14 AM EDT, 47 minutes before
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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 16, 2:30 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 9:49 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Mar 15, 9:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 11:09 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 2:29 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 6 hr |
| Mar 16, 4:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 2 hr |
| Mar 16, 5:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Sandusky | 10 hr |
| Mar 16, 8:25 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 3 hr |
| Mar 16, 10:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 4 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in Ohio, 2012Every areal flood advisory in 2012
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.