Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Feb 22, 2014, 1:09 AM EST (06:09 UTC)

Expired

Feb 22, 2014, 7:00 AM EST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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910 
WGUS51 KCLE 220609
FFWCLE
OHC043-093-221200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0002.140222T0609Z-140222T1200Z/
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
109 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN...
  EASTERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
  NORTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO

* UNTIL 700 AM EST

* AT 101 AM EST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED ICE JAMS  
ON THE VERMILION RIVER...SOUTH OF THE NORFOLK AND SOUTHERN RAILROAD 
TRACKS...INCLUDING RIVERSIDE DRIVE. PEOPLE WERE ASKED TO VOLUNTARILY 
EVACUATED.  RECENT   RAIN...SNOWMELT...AND WARMER TEMPERATURES HAVE 
CAUSED RIVER LEVELS TO RISE AND THE ICE TO BREAKUP AND MOVE.

* ICE JAMS WILL CAUSE WATER TO RISE RAPIDLY BEHIND THE ICE...WITH
  WATER ADVANCING RAPIDLY AWAY FROM THE RIVER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.    
  SHOULD THE ICE JAM FAIL SUDDENLY...A RAPID RISE ON THE             
  VERMILION RIVER COULD MOVE DOWNSTREAM. THE RIVER ROSE 4 TO 5 FEET  
  IN SPOTS BECAUSE OF THE JAM IN A SHORT TIME.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...VERMILION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ICE JAM FLOODING CAN OCCUR SUDDENLY AND ADVANCE INTO AN AREA FROM AN
UNUSUAL DIRECTION. IF YOU SEE WATER APPROACHING...MOVE AWAY FROM THE
RIVER TO HIGHER GROUND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 4143 8232 4138 8230 4137 8234 4143 8237

$$

KIELTYKA

891 
WGUS71 KCLE 221004
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
504 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014

OHC043-093-221200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140222T1200Z/
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LORAIN OH-ERIE OH-
504 AM EST SAT FEB 22 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN
EASTERN ERIE AND NORTHWESTERN LORAIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO
UNTIL 700 AM EST...

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUED TO REPORT THAT FLOODING WAS OCCURRING NEAR 
THE VERMILION RIVER...ESPECIALLY IN VERMILION ON RIVERSIDE 
DRIVE...NAUTICAL DRIVE AND AS OF 430 AM WATER WAS INTO THE PARKING 
LOT OF QUAKER STEAK AND LUBE.

ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE ON THE VERMILION RIVER AND RAPID FLUCTUATIONS 
CAN OCCUR IN THE RIVER LEVELS AS THE JAMS MOVE AND BREAK UP. THIS 
CAN BE A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

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.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

&&

LAT...LON 4143 8232 4138 8230 4137 8234 4143 8237

$$

KIELTYKA

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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.