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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 16, 2015Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jun 16, 2015, 2:12 AM EDT for Ashland County, Richland County, Ohio. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2015, 2:12 AM EDT (06:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2015, 11:15 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Ashland County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2015-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 00:00Z on 2015-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.8

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Jun 16, 1:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 1:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 12:12 PM EDT, 14 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1212 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-161615-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
1212 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY AGAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
TONIGHT. AREAS THAT SEE SIGNIFICANT THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY COULD BE
AT RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY LATE TODAY
AND EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THIS WEEK...WITH STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE ON
THURSDAY AND AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING ARE APPRECIATED.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-161615-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
1212 PM EDT MON JUN 15 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ESPECIALLY LATE TODAY
AND EARLY TONIGHT AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PERSIST THIS WEEK...WITH STRONG TO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AND AGAIN THIS WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 15, 8:58 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull12 hr
Jun 15, 9:51 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull34 hr
Jun 15, 9:56 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Seneca, Wyandot12 hr
Jun 15, 11:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMahoning, Trumbull18 hr
Jun 16, 5:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock24 hr
Jun 16, 5:33 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion7 days
Jun 16, 5:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock7 days
Jun 16, 9:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Trumbull6 hr
Jun 16, 9:48 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Seneca, Wyandot5 hr
Jun 16, 11:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLELucas, Wood7 days
Jun 16, 11:10 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne29 hr
Jun 16, 11:17 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Richland3 hr
Jun 16, 3:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Wyandot7 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every areal flood warning in 2015

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.