Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2014, 7:47 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. 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 24, 2014, 7:47 PM EDT (23:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2014, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 81 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1040 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
979
WGUS51 KCLE 242347
FFWCLE
OHC035-093-250600-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0016.140624T2347Z-140625T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
747 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 744 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME AREAS IN LORAIN AND
CUYAHOGA COUNTIES HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL
THIS EVENING.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
STRONGSVILLE...
LORAIN...
ELYRIA...
CLEVELAND...
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 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
4128 8158 4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207
4114 8208 4114 8217 4109 8217 4106 8225
4107 8234 4144 8237 4144 8227 4152 8203
4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
$$2 follow-up statements
640
WGUS71 KCLE 250123
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
923 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
OHC035-093-250600-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140625T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
923 PM EDT TUE JUN 24 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM EDT...
AT 915 PM EDT...THE PUBLIC HAS REPORTED SEVERAL ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED
DUE TO FLOODING. THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODED BASEMENTS.
RADAR SHOWS WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN OVER MOST OF THE AREA. THE
THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE WELL
INTO THE NIGHT AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES ACROSS THE
AREA. SINCE THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND THERE ARE LOCAL AREAS WITH
ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY
MAKE THE SITUATION WORSE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS A FLOODED AREA ON FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE.
&&
LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
4128 8158 4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207
4114 8208 4114 8217 4109 8217 4106 8225
4107 8234 4144 8237 4144 8227 4152 8203
4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
$$712
WGUS71 KCLE 250600
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
200 AM EDT WED JUN 25 2014
OHC035-093-250606-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-140625T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-LORAIN OH-
200 AM EDT WED JUN 25 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LORAIN AND CUYAHOGA
COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 AM EDT...
WHILE THERE MAY BE A FEW AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROAD...
MOST OF THE EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED
AREA. WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE OVERNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
IS POSSIBLE BUT IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN
THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING
THE FLOOD THREAT.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND.
LAT...LON 4157 8148 4157 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
4128 8158 4127 8197 4120 8198 4120 8207
4114 8208 4114 8217 4109 8217 4106 8225
4107 8234 4144 8237 4144 8227 4152 8203
4149 8188 4150 8175 4164 8150
$$
CLARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Medina | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 9:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 8 hr |
| Jun 23, 10:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 35 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:18 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 7 days |
| Jun 24, 4:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:58 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Knox | 4 hr |
| Jun 24, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Lorain | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 4:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Holmes, Knox | 3 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:53 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 67 min |
| Jun 24, 7:48 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Huron | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion | 6 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.