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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 10, 2013Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 2:24 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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
Jul 10, 2013, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 8:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 434 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
434 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

426 
WGUS51 KCLE 101824
FFWCLE
OHC151-110000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0018.130710T1824Z-130711T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
224 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...

* UNTIL 800 PM EDT.

* AT 219 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. GREATER THAN ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS       
  NORTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER    
  THIS AFTERNOON. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF THREE       
  INCHES PER HOUR WILL QUICKLY OVERWHELM URBAN AREAS AND DRAINAGE    
  AREAS. ALREADY SATURATED SOIL WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE RUNOFF.      
  SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CREEKS COULD QUICKLY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANTON...
  WILMOT...
  WAYNESBURG...
  NORTH CANTON...

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 4064 8165 4091 8164 4091 8143 4099 8141
      4099 8109 4073 8108 4072 8109 4072 8123
      4065 8124 4066 8146

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 9:57 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock52 hr
Jul 9, 11:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood3 days
Jul 9, 11:03 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain9 hr
Jul 10, 12:16 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca59 min
Jul 10, 12:25 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 10, 12:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEWyandot4 hr
Jul 10, 1:11 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood49 min
Jul 10, 2:28 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 10, 4:24 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE111 min
Jul 10, 4:59 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 1 more10 hr
Jul 10, 5:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEWayne6 hr
Jul 10, 6:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron31 hr
Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELorain61 hr
Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLECuyahoga20 hr
Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELake27 hr
Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark27 hr
Jul 10, 11:56 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE10 hr
Jul 10, 1:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Sandusky64 min
Jul 10, 1:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood70 min
Jul 10, 1:51 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Sandusky6 hr
Jul 10, 2:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga6 hr
Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron, Seneca72 min
Jul 10, 2:05 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie55 min
Jul 10, 2:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga65 min
Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock48 min
Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHuron, Seneca6 hr
Jul 10, 2:16 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage44 min
Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark41 min
Jul 10, 2:28 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood4 hr
Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood46 min
Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina68 min
Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland50 min
Jul 10, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock6 hr
Jul 10, 2:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 2 more38 min
Jul 10, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull51 min
Jul 10, 2:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron63 min
Jul 10, 3:00 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky45 min
Jul 10, 3:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull6 hr
Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Summit81 min
Jul 10, 3:10 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLELorain, Medina, Summit6 hr
Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron60 min
Jul 10, 3:20 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEErie, Huron40 min
Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot64 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLERichland61 min
Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull46 min
Jul 10, 3:31 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE119 min
Jul 10, 3:34 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE116 min
Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 1 more8 hr
Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne66 min
Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDTTornado WarningCLELorain51 min
Jul 10, 3:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina93 min
Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMorrow62 min
Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull91 min
Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Wayne41 min
Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEPortage, Stark65 min
Jul 10, 3:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake64 min
Jul 10, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula8 hr
Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox54 min
Jul 10, 4:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula74 min
Jul 10, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes55 min
Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark48 min
Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDTTornado WarningCLESummit32 min
Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne8 hr
Jul 10, 4:47 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEStark43 min
Jul 10, 4:48 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull47 hr
Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESandusky21 hr
Jul 10, 5:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning7 hr
Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE117 min
Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood12 hr
Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit11 hr
Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jul 10, 7:31 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain16 hr
Jul 10, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga12 hr
Jul 10, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHuron, Seneca18 hr
Jul 10, 7:57 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE78 min
Jul 10, 7:59 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEStark12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.