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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 18, 2014Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 18, 2014, 7:48 AM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio; Crawford County, Pennsylvania. 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2014, 7:48 AM EDT (11:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2014, 2:00 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:52 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 521 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2014-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 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
521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

963 
WGUS51 KCLE 181148
FFWCLE
OHC007-PAC039-181800-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0012.140618T1148Z-140618T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
748 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...

* UNTIL 200 PM EDT WEDNESDAY.

* AT 744 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS RECEIVED SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN        
  OVERNIGHT AND ANOTHER INCH OR TWO COULD FALL WITH SOME OF THE      
  STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  MEADVILLE...
  JEFFERSON...
  ASHTABULA...
  TITUSVILLE...

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 4162 7961 4162 7983 4159 7985 4158 7989
      4149 8001 4148 8016 4151 8101 4186 8101
      4198 8053 4185 8051 4185 7962 4176 7962
      4175 7960

$$
KIELTYKA
1 follow-up statement
606 
WGUS71 KCLE 181335
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
935 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

OHC007-PAC039-181338-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140618T1800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD PA-ASHTABULA OH-
935 AM EDT WED JUN 18 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR ASHTABULA COUNTY IN
NORTHEAST OHIO...AND CRAWFORD COUNTY IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA IS
CANCELLED...

THE STORMS THAT INITIATED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED AND CONTINUE TO 
MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND 
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY 
TODAY...HOWEVER THE RUNOFF WAS NOT EXCESSIVE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH 
FLOODING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO 
THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. 
THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
CLEVELAND.

LAT...LON 4162 7961 4162 7983 4159 7985 4158 7989
      4149 8001 4148 8016 4151 8101 4186 8101
      4198 8053 4185 8051 4185 7962 4176 7962
      4175 7960

$$

SJAMISON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 8:01 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Jun 17, 8:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula39 min
Jun 17, 9:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula60 min
Jun 17, 9:38 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEAshtabula6 hr
Jun 17, 10:21 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE84 min
Jun 17, 10:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake60 min
Jun 18, 2:20 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit6 hr
Jun 18, 4:54 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEStark, Summit10 hr
Jun 18, 11:21 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark34 hr
Jun 18, 3:32 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning, Portage, Trumbull43 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Ottawa, Wood60 min
Jun 18, 3:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE118 min
Jun 18, 4:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood61 min
Jun 18, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa52 min
Jun 18, 5:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHuron52 min
Jun 18, 5:45 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wyandot45 min
Jun 18, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Trumbull59 min
Jun 18, 5:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELorain, Medina42 min
Jun 18, 5:54 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Jun 18, 5:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain48 min
Jun 18, 6:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula59 min
Jun 18, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit49 min
Jun 18, 6:13 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshtabula6 hr
Jun 18, 6:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Seneca39 min
Jun 18, 6:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga46 min
Jun 18, 6:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLETrumbull39 min
Jun 18, 6:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain6 hr
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga, Lake65 min
Jun 18, 7:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Trumbull61 min
Jun 18, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE89 min
Jun 18, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford43 min
Jun 18, 7:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Erie62 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.