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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2013, 6:10 PM EDT for Portage County, Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 8, 2013, 6:10 PM EDT (22:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Portage County, OH, Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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 (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 1200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
803
WGUS51 KCLE 082210
FFWCLE
OHC133-155-090100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0027.130808T2210Z-130809T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
610 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
SOUTHERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 607 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. A SPOTTER IN NEWTON FALLS HAS MEASURED MORE THAN
THREE INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST 90 MINUTES. A CAR WAS SUBMERGED
AT THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 534 AND BANDOR ROAD. ANOTHER 1
TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BY 8 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARREN...
NILES...
NEWTON FALLS...
LORDSTOWN...
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 4113 8059 4114 8099 4108 8118 4134 8117
4134 8052 4114 8052
$$
KUBINA1 follow-up statement
798
WGUS71 KCLE 090004
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
804 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
OHC133-155-090100-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130809T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PORTAGE OH-TRUMBULL OH-
804 PM EDT THU AUG 8 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN TRUMBULL AND
NORTHEASTERN PORTAGE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM EDT...
ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING
AREA...RUNOFF CONTINUES AND ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS LIKELY. A
SPOTTER MEASURED 3.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN NEWTON FALLS. MANY
ROADS AND SOME HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED. FLOOD WATERS OVER THE HOODS
OF VEHICLES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND SOME WATER RESCUES HAVE OCCURRED.
FLOOD WATERS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY RECEDE OVERNIGHT. BE CAREFUL IF
VENTURING OUT TONIGHT AND NEVER DRIVE INTO STANDING WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4113 8059 4114 8099 4108 8118 4134 8117
4134 8052 4114 8052
$$
KUBINAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 12:55 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga | 6 hr |
| Aug 8, 5:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Trumbull | 6 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.