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Areal Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 21, 2014Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Feb 21, 2014, 6:16 AM EST for Crawford County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 8 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
Feb 21, 2014, 6:16 AM EST (11:16 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2014, 2:00 PM EST
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Crawford County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:19 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 00:00Z, 11.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2014-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 487 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
487 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
629 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 Feb 21, 4:24 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 21, 4:24 AM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 21, 3:38 AM EST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
338 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-220845-
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-
338 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST THIS EVENING...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING...

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.

   FLOOD WATCH.
   WIND ADVISORY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE
WEEKEND AS RIVER LEVELS RISE DUE TO RECENT RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-220845-
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-
338 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014

...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM THIS MORNING TO 1 AM EST
SATURDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.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.

   GALE WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 20, 11:33 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot42 min
Feb 21, 5:12 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion5 days
Feb 21, 6:52 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga18 hr
Feb 21, 9:59 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie12 hr
Feb 21, 10:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood3 days
Feb 21, 10:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLESeneca14 hr
Feb 21, 10:22 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood5 days
Feb 21, 12:21 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock25 hr
Feb 21, 1:43 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain8 hr
Feb 21, 1:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLELake69 hr
Feb 21, 2:01 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford6 hr
Feb 21, 4:51 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLESandusky, Seneca18 hr
Feb 21, 5:31 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie, Huron12 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.