Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Mar 14, 2015, 3:39 AM EDT (07:39 UTC)

Expired

Mar 14, 2015, 11:30 AM EDT

In force

8 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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940 
WGUS51 KCLE 140739
FFWCLE
OHC043-093-141530-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0001.150314T0739Z-150314T1530Z/
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
339 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1130 AM EDT

* AT 329 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED RISING 
WATER IN VERMILION. AN ICE JAM UPSTREAM MAY HAVE FAILED AND A RAPID 
RISE IN WATER IS POSSIBLE ALONG THE VERMILION RIVER IN VERMILION 
EARLY THIS MORNING. 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. IF THE ICE JAM FAILS... 
A RAPID RISE ON THE COULD MOVE DOWNSTREAM.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ICE JAMS ARE VERY UNPREDICTABLE AND CAN BREAK UP...MOVE...AND JAM
AGAIN VERY QUICKLY. WATER BACKING UP BEHIND THE JAM CAN FLOOD AREAS
UNDER DEEP WATER WITH SURPRISING SPEED. FAVORED ICE JAM LOCATIONS ARE
WHERE A RIVER BENDS OR SLOWS...AT BRIDGE ABUTMENTS...OR NEAR
ISLANDS...SANDBARS...AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS TO FLOW. STAY CLEAR OF
LOW LYING AREAS NEAR ICE AFFECTED RIVERS AND MONITOR CONDITIONS
CLOSELY.

LAT...LON 4133 8228 4133 8236 4141 8243 4143 8240
      4144 8237 4144 8232

$$

KOSARIK

804 
WGUS71 KCLE 141028
FFSCLE

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
628 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2015

OHC043-093-141530-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-150314T1530Z/
/00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LORAIN OH-ERIE OH-
628 AM EDT SAT MAR 14 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN
EASTERN ERIE AND WESTERN LORAIN COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL
1130 AM EDT...

AT 616 AM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT 
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON THE SOUTH END OF RIVERSIDE DRIVE IN 
VERMILION. AN ICE JAM HAD DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA ON THE VERMILION 
RIVER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE UPSTREAM OF THE ICE JAM ON THE 
VERMILION RIVER IN VERMILION. FLOODING DOWNSTREAM IS POSSIBLE IF THE 
ICE JAM BREAKS AND WATER SURGES DOWNSTREAM.

ICE JAMS ARE UNPREDICTABLE. STAY ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WATER 
LEVELS. DO NOT HESITATE TO EVACUATE IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. 

&&

LAT...LON 4133 8228 4133 8236 4141 8243 4143 8240
      4144 8237 4144 8232

$$

KOSARIK

Flash Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2015Every flash flood warning in 2015

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.