Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2014, 2:25 PM EDT for Trumbull County, Ohio. It was in force for 5 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, 2:25 PM EDT (18:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 7:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Trumbull County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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.
903
WGUS51 KCLE 021825
FFWCLE
OHC155-022300-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0021.140802T1825Z-140802T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
225 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
TRUMBULL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST OHIO...
* UNTIL 700 PM EDT.
* AT 224 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
TRUMBULL COUNTY. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE
130 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WARREN...
WEST FARMINGTON...
NILES...
NEWTON FALLS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 4114 8099 4113 8100 4150 8101 4150 8053
4147 8051 4114 8051
$$2 follow-up statements
475
WGUS71 KCLE 021951
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
351 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
OHC155-022300-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140802T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRUMBULL OH-
351 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY UNTIL
700 PM EDT...
AT 350 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO
INDICATE LIGHT SHOWERS OVER MUCH OF TRUMBULL COUNTY. THERE WERE
STILL POCKETS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL WHICH COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER QUICK
HALF AN INCH.
RADAR ESTIMATES AND RAINFALL REPORTS INDICATED THAT AROUND 2 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL OVER MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN TRUMBULL COUNTY IN UNDER 1
HOUR. THIS COMBINED WITH RAINS FROM LAST NIGHT CAUSED SOME FLOODING
ISSUES...MAINLY LOW LYING AREAS AND UNDERPASSES.
THE WATER CONTINUES TO RECEDE AND SHOULD FLOW INTO AREA CREEKS AND
RIVERS THROUGH 7 PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND.
&&
LAT...LON 4114 8099 4113 8100 4150 8101 4150 8053
4147 8051 4114 8051
$$858
WGUS71 KCLE 022257
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
657 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
OHC155-022307-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140802T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TRUMBULL OH-
657 PM EDT SAT AUG 2 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TRUMBULL COUNTY
WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 700 PM EDT...
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 4114 8099 4113 8100 4150 8101 4150 8053
4147 8051 4114 8051
$$
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, 2:09 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 4 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.