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Flood Watch 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 26, 201318 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Jun 26, 2013, 3:13 PM EDT for 18 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2013, 3:13 PM EDT (19:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 PM EDT
Expired: Jun 27, 2013, 3:52 PM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity: None

Counties Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 275 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -204 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 894 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jun 26, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:23 AM EDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
423 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-
089-PAZ001>003-270830-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-LUCAS-WOOD-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-
HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-
RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
423 AM EDT WED JUN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE...NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
REGION...MAINLY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS BUT LARGE HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY CAUSE AREAS OF FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. A
FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE POTENTIAL OF
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO EXIST.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 10:47 AM EDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 11:36 AM EDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 8:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	4 hr
Jun 25, 8:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake	53 min
Jun 25, 8:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain	3 hr
Jun 25, 9:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Portage, Summit	60 min
Jun 25, 9:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	63 min
Jun 25, 9:15 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
Jun 25, 10:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Mahoning, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	4 hr
Jun 25, 11:44 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	12 hr
Jun 25, 11:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain	10 hr
Jun 26, 9:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain	3 hr
Jun 26, 6:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Marion	67 min

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013 Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.