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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2013, 4:32 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 5 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 23, 2013, 4:32 PM EDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
467
WGUS51 KCLE 232032
FFWCLE
PAC039-049-240200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0026.130723T2032Z-130724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
432 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 426 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS FALLING WITH STORMS CURRENTLY OVER EDINBORO
TO CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS AND EXTENDING WEST TO THE OHIO STATE LINE.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OVER SATURATED GROUND COVER WILL LEAD TO
ENHANCED RUNOFF AND RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDINBORO...
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...
MEADVILLE...
ERIE...
WATERFORD...
UNION CITY...
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 4162 7983 4149 8001 4149 8052 4198 8052
4209 8019 4217 8011 4217 8007 4215 8006
4227 7976 4200 7976 4200 7961 4162 7961
$$
SJ2 follow-up statements
967
WGUS71 KCLE 232124
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
PAC039-049-240200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
524 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA UNTIL 1000 PM EDT...
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAIN FELL
OVER PORTIONS OF ERIE AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES SINCE 4 PM. THE RAIN
FELL IN UNDER AN HOUR AND PRODUCED RAPID RUNOFF. THOUGH THE RAIN
HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...THE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
STREAMS AND CREEKS TO RISE. AREAS THAT SAW SOME OF THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL INCLUDE EDINBORO...CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS...WATERFORD...AND
CONNEAUTVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4162 7983 4149 8001 4149 8052 4198 8052
4209 8019 4217 8011 4217 8007 4215 8006
4227 7976 4200 7976 4200 7961 4162 7961
$$
SJAMISON524
WGUS71 KCLE 232311
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
711 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
PAC039-049-232320-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-130724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD PA-ERIE PA-
711 PM EDT TUE JUL 23 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ERIE AND CRAWFORD
COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT.
IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO THE NEAREST 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.
LAT...LON 4162 7983 4149 8001 4149 8052 4198 8052
4209 8019 4217 8011 4217 8007 4215 8006
4227 7976 4200 7976 4200 7961 4162 7961
$$
KINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:37 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 6 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:11 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 64 min |
| Jul 23, 4:38 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Crawford | 37 min |
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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.