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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 28, 20144 counties in Ohio

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 28, 5:00 PM EDTFLOODN Mount Gilead, OHSEVERAL 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2014-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

KING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Stark, Summit, Wayne46 min
May 28, 1:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox46 min
May 28, 2:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Stark56 min
May 28, 2:26 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEHolmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow7 hr
May 28, 6:00 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock11 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2014Every flash 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.