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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2013, 3:10 PM EDT for Lorain County, Medina County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports 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
- Jul 10, 2013, 3:10 PM EDT (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:50 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Tallmadge, OH | ROUTE 91 NEAR FAIRGROUNDS. DEEP WATER OVER ROADS. AT LEAST 2 CARS SWEPT OFF ROAD INTO DITCHES. WATER WAS UP TO ROOF OF CARS. |
| Jul 10, 4:10 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Kipton, OH | WATER OVER FLOWED A BRIDGE CLOSING A SIDE ROAD NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 511 AND STATE ROUTE 20 AND FLOODING FARM FIELDS. HIGH WATER ON ROUTE 20. |
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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
622
WGUS51 KCLE 101910
FFWCLE
OHC093-103-153-110100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0021.130710T1910Z-130711T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
310 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
MEDINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
SUMMIT COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 304 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS
PORTIONS OF LORAIN...MEDINA AND SUMMIT COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH SUBSEQUENT STORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF
THREE INCHES PER HOUR WILL EASILY OVERWHELM URBAN AREAS AND
DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. ALREADY SATURATED SOIL WILL LEAD TO EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF. SWOLLEN RIVERS AND CREEKS COULD QUICKLY RISE OUT OF THEIR
BANKS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MEDINA...
LORAIN...
LITCHFIELD...
ELYRIA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4098 8165 4099 8170 4099 8217 4107 8217
4106 8233 4143 8235 4152 8199 4151 8196
4136 8197 4135 8188 4127 8188 4127 8160
4128 8156 4135 8159 4135 8140 4099 8139
4098 8142 4091 8142 4091 8164
$$1 follow-up statement
750
WGUS71 KCLE 102319
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
719 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
OHC093-103-153-110100-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130711T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LORAIN OH-MEDINA OH-SUMMIT OH-
719 PM EDT WED JUL 10 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SUMMIT...MEDINA AND
LORAIN COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO FIVE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORT MANY ROAD
CLOSURES DUE TO FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING. SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL
ALSO CONTINUE TO RISE RAPIDLY AND MAY COME OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
PLEASE REPORT ALL FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO
THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS.
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
CLEVELAND.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
&&
LAT...LON 4098 8165 4099 8170 4099 8217 4107 8217
4106 8233 4143 8235 4152 8199 4151 8196
4136 8197 4135 8188 4127 8188 4127 8160
4128 8156 4135 8159 4135 8140 4099 8139
4098 8142 4091 8142 4091 8164
$$
YEAGERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 9:57 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 52 hr |
| Jul 9, 11:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 3 days |
| Jul 9, 11:03 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 9 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 59 min |
| Jul 10, 12:25 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 12:56 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 49 min |
| Jul 10, 2:28 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 4:24 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 111 min | |
| Jul 10, 4:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 1 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 31 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 61 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 20 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 27 hr |
| Jul 10, 10:43 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 27 hr |
| Jul 10, 11:56 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 10 hr | |
| Jul 10, 1:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 1:16 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| Jul 10, 1:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 70 min |
| Jul 10, 1:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Sandusky | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:02 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 72 min |
| Jul 10, 2:05 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 2:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 2:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 2:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:16 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage | 44 min |
| Jul 10, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 2:24 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Stark | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:29 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 2:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain, Medina | 68 min |
| Jul 10, 2:40 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 2:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 2:52 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 2 more | 38 min |
| Jul 10, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 2:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 63 min |
| Jul 10, 3:00 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ottawa, Sandusky | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 3:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Summit | 81 min |
| Jul 10, 3:15 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 3:20 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 3:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Richland | 61 min |
| Jul 10, 3:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 119 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 116 min | |
| Jul 10, 3:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Wayne | 66 min |
| Jul 10, 3:39 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Lorain | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina | 93 min |
| Jul 10, 3:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 3:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 91 min |
| Jul 10, 3:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 3:55 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 65 min |
| Jul 10, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 64 min |
| Jul 10, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 54 min |
| Jul 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 74 min |
| Jul 10, 4:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 55 min |
| Jul 10, 4:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 4:28 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Summit | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 4:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:47 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Stark | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 4:48 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 47 hr |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky | 21 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 7 hr |
| Jul 10, 5:33 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 117 min | |
| Jul 10, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 12 hr |
| Jul 10, 6:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 11 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 10, 7:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 16 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga | 12 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 18 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 78 min | |
| Jul 10, 7:59 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 12 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.