Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 8:54 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Lake 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
- Jul 27, 2014, 8:54 PM EDT (00:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2014, 3:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 504 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 213 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
469
WGUS51 KCLE 280054
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-085-280700-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0019.140728T0054Z-140728T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
854 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 300 AM EDT MONDAY.
* AT 847 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER
PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN IS EXPECTED...WHICH MAY LEAD TO INTENSE FLASH FLOODING IN
GEAUGA COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAINESVILLE...
CHARDON...
WILLOUGHBY...
SOUTH RUSSELL...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.
&&
LAT...LON 4135 8100 4135 8159 4159 8158 4164 8149
4171 8140 4179 8100
$$2 follow-up statements
389
WGUS71 KCLE 280356
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1156 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
OHC035-055-085-280700-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140728T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
1156 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...GEAUGA AND
EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES UNTIL 300 AM EDT...
AT 1154 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NO
RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA. MUCH OF THE WATER HAS MOVED INTO
AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS WITH A FEW LOW LYING AREAS STILL HOLDING A
BIT OF WATER. THE RIVERS AND CREEKS ARE LIKELY CLOSE TO CRESTING AND
WILL BEGIN SO SLOWLY FALL THROUGH 3 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN! BE ALERT FOR LOW
SPOTS...DIPS...AND UNDERPASSES WHICH MAY BE FLOODED. PEOPLE IN LOW
LYING AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE RISING WATER LEVELS.
&&
LAT...LON 4135 8100 4135 8159 4159 8158 4164 8149
4171 8140 4179 8100
$$306
WGUS71 KCLE 280702
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
302 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
OHC035-055-085-280710-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-140728T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-LAKE OH-
302 AM EDT MON JUL 28 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE...GEAUGA AND
EASTERN CUYAHOGA COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE
FLOOD THREAT. HOWEVER BE ALERT THROUGH THE MORNING FOR ADDITIONAL
BURSTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. THE SATURATED SOILS WILL CAUSE RAPID
RUNOFF.
IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4135 8100 4135 8159 4159 8158 4164 8149
4171 8140 4179 8100
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 80 min | |
| Jul 27, 8:21 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 8:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Summit | 48 min |
| Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 9:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 57 min |
| Jul 27, 9:20 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 44 min |
| Jul 27, 9:44 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Stark | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 4:44 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 23 hr | |
| Jul 28, 4:56 AM EDT | Rip Current Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more | 17 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.