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Areal Flood Warning 52, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 24, 2014Huron County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 7:48 PM EDT for Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2014, 7:48 PM EDT (23:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2014, 1:45 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Huron County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:21 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 5:02 AM EDT, 14 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
502 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-250915-
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-
502 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN. THIS COULD QUICKLY LEAD TO FLOODING IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED
HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR
FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-250915-
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-
502 AM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:56 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
256 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

OHZ006>008-241945-
OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-WOOD-
256 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR EASTERN WOOD...NORTHWESTERN SANDUSKY
AND WESTERN OTTAWA COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM EDT...

AT 252 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PEMBERVILLE AND WOODVILLE...OR 8 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ELMORE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE STORM IS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UPWARDS OF  40
MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WOODVILLE AND GIBSONBURG BY 300 PM EDT.
  ELMORE AND GENOA BY 305 PM EDT.
  OAK HARBOR BY 325 PM EDT.

THE TOWNS OF LUCKEY...LINDSEY AND ROCKY RIDGE ARE ALSO IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM.

SJAMISON
Local storm report, Jun 24, 4:50 PM EDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
450 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0435 PM     HAIL             PARMA                   41.38N 81.73W
06/24/2014  E0.88 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   PUBLIC

            8 MILES EAST OF HOPKINS AIRPORT.

&&

MITCHELL
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
504 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0456 PM     HAIL             1 SE BEACHWOOD          41.47N 81.49W
06/24/2014  E0.88 INCH       CUYAHOGA           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            NEAR INTERSECTION OF I-271 AND HARVARD.

&&

MITCHELL
Local storm report, Jun 24, 5:28 PM EDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
528 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N CHESTERLAND         41.54N 81.34W
06/24/2014                   GEAUGA             OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL TREES DOWN.

&&

MITCHELL
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 7:19 PM EDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
719 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

OHZ009>014-019-020-028>030-036-037-089-PAZ001>003-250130-
ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HURON-MEDINA-
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-MARION-MORROW-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-
NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...
MENTOR...CHARDON...JEFFERSON...NORWALK...MEDINA...BUCYRUS...
MANSFIELD...ASHLAND...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD...ASHTABULA...ERIE...
EDINBORO...MEADVILLE
719 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014

A BAND OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IS
DEVELOPING OVER THE AREA. SOME AREAS MAY SEE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAINFALL THROUGH 9 PM. AREAS OF PONDED WATER ARE LIKELY TO
DEVELOP IN LOW-LYING PLACES ALONG WITH RISES IN SMALL STREAMS AND
CREEKS. DITCHES WILL FILL AND SOME ROADWAYS MAY HAVE MORE WATER
THAN USUAL ON THEM.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMedina6 hr
Jun 23, 9:29 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHolmes8 hr
Jun 23, 9:44 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEKnox8 hr
Jun 23, 10:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more35 hr
Jun 24, 1:18 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne7 days
Jun 24, 4:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHolmes4 hr
Jun 24, 5:58 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEKnox4 hr
Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain28 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes, Knox3 hr
Jun 24, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake67 min
Jun 24, 7:47 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain6 hr
Jun 24, 7:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Marion6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.