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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr. 5 reports 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
- Jun 16, 2014, 5:14 PM EDT (21:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Stark County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | Canton, OH | SUGAR CREEK WATER PLANT IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | Canton, OH | NORTHEAST WATER PLANT IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. |
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Canton, OH | NORTHWEST WATER PLANT IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. |
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.1 | Louisville, OH | RAIN FELL IN 75 MINUTES. |
| Jun 16, 7:20 PM EDT | FLOOD | Canton, OH | NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1378 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WGUS51 KCLE 162114 FFWCLE OHC151-170100- /O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0011.140616T2114Z-140617T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 514 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL STARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO... * UNTIL 900 PM EDT. * AT 510 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 515 PM. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CANTON... NORTH CANTON... LOUISVILLE... 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 8151 4091 8145 4091 8108 4074 8108 $$
1 follow-up statement
512 WGUS71 KCLE 162342 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 742 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 OHC151-170100- /O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0011.000000T0000Z-140617T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ STARK OH- 742 PM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STARK COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM EDT... THE VERY HEAVY RAIN THAT CAUSED FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF STARK COUNTY HAS SINCE MOVED WELL EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR. NIMISHILLEN CREEK ROSE RAPIDLY OVER 2 FEET IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF. THIS RAPID RISE CAUSED THE STREAM TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY AND IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NEVER GO NEAR ANY WATER THAT IS MOVING RAPIDLY TO AVOID BEING SWEPT DOWNSTREAM. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INDICATED NUMEROUS ROADS WERE CLOSED AND IMPASSABLE DUE TO HIGH WATER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 4074 8151 4091 8145 4091 8108 4074 8108 $$ LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Stark | 4 hr |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 4 hr |
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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.