Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT for Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Jun 29, 2013, 5:15 PM EDT (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2013, 11:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Richland County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:35 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mansfield, OH | SEVERAL SUBMERGED VEHICLES, 4 WATER RESCUES FROM RAPIDLY RISING WATER AROUND TOWN. INTERSECTION OF W 4TH STREET AND BOWMAN STREET WASHED OUT AND CLOSED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205
WGUS51 KCLE 292115
FFWCLE
OHC139-300300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0008.130629T2115Z-130630T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
515 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 1100 PM EDT.
* AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY.
* RECENT RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE GROUND SO RUNOFF WILL BE MAXIMIZED WITH
THESE STORMS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING WHICH
COULD BRING ADDITIONAL FLOODING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANSFIELD...
SHELBY...
ONTARIO...
LEXINGTON...
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 8262 4064 8265 4066 8265 4067 8262
4070 8262 4071 8273 4099 8272 4099 8242
4082 8242 4081 8239 4073 8238 4072 8234
4056 8234 4055 8262
$$2 follow-up statements
367
WGUS71 KCLE 300035
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
835 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
OHC139-300300-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130630T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHLAND OH-
835 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY UNTIL
1100 PM EDT...
AT 830 PM EDT...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS
HAD PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE MANSFIELD AREA...WITH SEVERAL
ROADS COVERED BY WATER. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL MAY
CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
HEAVY RAIN IS NOW LOCATED AT THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY NEAR
SHILOH AND SHENANDOAH. FOR THE REST OF THE COUNTY THE RAIN HAS
TAPERED OFF OR HAS BECOME LIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4064 8262 4064 8265 4066 8265 4067 8262
4070 8262 4071 8273 4099 8272 4099 8242
4082 8242 4081 8239 4073 8238 4072 8234
4056 8234 4055 8262
$$
SJAMISON189
WGUS71 KCLE 300245
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1045 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
OHC139-300255-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130630T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
RICHLAND OH-
1045 PM EDT SAT JUN 29 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR RICHLAND COUNTY 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 HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
REPORT FLOODING 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 4064 8262 4064 8265 4066 8265 4067 8262
4070 8262 4071 8273 4099 8272 4099 8242
4082 8242 4081 8239 4073 8238 4072 8234
4056 8234 4055 8262
$$
SJAMISONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jun 29, 6:46 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Summit | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 4:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 41 min |
| Jun 29, 4:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 46 min |
| Jun 29, 5:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Portage, Summit | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 7:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Medina | 10 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.