Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 2:09 PM EDT for Lake County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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
- Aug 2, 2014, 2:09 PM EDT (18:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 6:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lake County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -106 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1182 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
989
WGUS51 KCLE 021809
FFWCLE
OHC085-022200-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0020.140802T1809Z-140802T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
209 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 600 PM EDT.
* AT 206 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED
WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PAINESVILLE...
WILLOUGHBY...
PERRY...
MENTOR...
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 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8129
4157 8130 4157 8149 4164 8149 4174 8135
4177 8129 4178 8123 4185 8106 4186 8100
$$2 follow-up statements
917
WGUS71 KCLE 021944
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
344 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
OHC085-022200-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140802T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE OH-
344 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM
EDT...
AT 336 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT ONLY SOME LIGHT SHOWERS REMAINED ACROSS PORTIONS OF LAKE
COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS ACROSS THE COUNTY
INDICATE THAT 2 TO LOCALLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY
IN ABOUT AN HOUR. THERE WERE REPORTS OF FLOODING IN A FEW LOCATIONS
ACROSS THE COUNTY...MAINLY FLOODING OF UNDERPASSES.
THE WATER CONTINUES TO RECEDE AND SHOULD FLOW INTO AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS THROUGH 6 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND.
&&
LAT...LON 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8129
4157 8130 4157 8149 4164 8149 4174 8135
4177 8129 4178 8123 4185 8106 4186 8100
$$388
WGUS71 KCLE 022200
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
600 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
OHC085-022210-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140802T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAKE OH-
600 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR LAKE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 4172 8100 4171 8110 4164 8111 4164 8129
4157 8130 4157 8149 4164 8149 4174 8135
4177 8129 4178 8123 4185 8106 4186 8100
$$
OUDEMANThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:09 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Hancock, Wood | 4 hr |
| Aug 2, 10:53 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 82 min | |
| Aug 2, 11:45 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 90 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 89 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:58 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:25 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 5 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 4 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.