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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2014, 4:08 PM EDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 28, 2014, 4:08 PM EDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2014, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, OH, Marion County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 5:00 PM EDT | FLOOD | N Mount Gilead, OH | SEVERAL REPORTS OF ROAD CLOSURES FROM FLOODING IN THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1436 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
413
WGUS51 KCLE 282008
FFWCLE
OHC033-101-117-175-290200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0010.140528T2008Z-140529T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
408 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARION COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
NORTHERN MORROW COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
SOUTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO...
* UNTIL 1000 PM EDT.
* AT 400 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS
THE WARNED AREA. RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF ONE TO THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE MORE INCHES IS
EXPECTED THROUGH 6 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT GILEAD...
MARION...
MORRAL...
MARSEILLES...
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 4074 8350 4075 8273 4071 8272 4070 8262
4067 8262 4066 8265 4064 8265 4064 8262
4055 8262 4054 8265 4055 8342 4068 8343
4070 8348
$$1 follow-up statement
406
WGUS71 KCLE 282236
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
636 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
OHC033-101-117-175-290200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140529T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WYANDOT OH-CRAWFORD OH-MARION OH-MORROW OH-
636 PM EDT WED MAY 28 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MORROW...
NORTHERN MARION AND SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...AND SOUTHERN WYANDOT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST OHIO UNTIL 1000 PM
EDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
AT 630 PM...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED MOSTLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS
THE WARNING AREA. EARLIER HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED AS MUCH AS 5
INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 3 AND 5 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAIN WILL
LIKELY CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING INTO THE EVENING AS IT CAUSES
RISES IN RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE AREA.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4074 8350 4075 8273 4071 8272 4070 8262
4067 8262 4066 8265 4064 8265 4064 8262
4055 8262 4054 8265 4055 8342 4068 8343
4070 8348
$$
KINGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 8:29 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 28, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 46 min |
| May 28, 2:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Stark | 56 min |
| May 28, 2:26 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow | 7 hr |
| May 28, 6:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Hancock | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.