Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 5:04 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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
- Jul 27, 2014, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2014, 9:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 5:25 PM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Middlefield, OH | NURSING HOME REPORTED TO HAVE MAJOR FLOODING. LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS 9 INCHES OF STANDING WATER INSIDE. |
| Jul 27, 6:30 PM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.13 | Middlefield, OH | 3 HOUR RAINFALL. WATER IN SOME HOMES AND ALSO STEET FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 787 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 530 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434
WGUS51 KCLE 272104
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-280100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0018.140727T2104Z-140728T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
504 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
NORTHEASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.
* AT 455 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RECENT RAINFALL REPORT OF 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN NOVELTY IN WESTERN GEAUGA COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHARDON...
SOUTH RUSSELL...
SOLON...
MIDDLEFIELD...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 4145 8100 4137 8100 4136 8123 4137 8148
4155 8152 4157 8129 4163 8127 4165 8103
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 1:26 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 2:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox, Morrow | 54 min |
| Jul 27, 4:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| Jul 27, 7:08 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull | 17 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:13 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 77 min | |
| Jul 27, 7:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake, Lorain | 63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.