Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 2:24 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Portage County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 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
- Jul 14, 2015, 2:24 PM EDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 38 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -234 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1071 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
920
WGUS51 KCLE 141824
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-133-150030-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.150714T1824Z-150715T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
224 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL CUYAHOGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
SOUTHERN GEAUGA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO...
* UNTIL 830 PM EDT TUESDAY
* AT 222 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED
AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY AS
MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOLON...TWINSBURG...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH RUSSELL...
MIDDLEFIELD...BURTON...MAYFIELD HEIGHTS...AURORA...LYNDHURST...
BEACHWOOD...BEDFORD HEIGHTS...PEPPER PIKE...PARKMAN...CHAGRIN
FALLS...REMINDERVILLE...ORANGE...MORELAND HILLS...GATES MILLS...
GLENWILLOW AND WOODMERE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4150 8101 4132 8101 4135 8149 4151 8149
$$
LOMBARDY1 follow-up statement
388 WGUS71 KCLE 142037 FFSCLE FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 437 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 OHC035-055-133-150030- /O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-150715T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUYAHOGA OH-GEAUGA OH-PORTAGE OH- 437 PM EDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT TUESDAY FOR EAST CENTRAL CUYAHOGA...SOUTHERN GEAUGA AND NORTHERN PORTAGE COUNTIES... AT 431 PM EDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING IN BAINBRIDGE...CHAGRIN FALLS...AND RUSSELL TOWNSHIP. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOLON...TWINSBURG...WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS...SOUTH RUSSELL... MIDDLEFIELD...BURTON...MAYFIELD HEIGHTS...AURORA...LYNDHURST... BEACHWOOD...BEDFORD HEIGHTS...PEPPER PIKE...PARKMAN...CHAGRIN FALLS...REMINDERVILLE...ORANGE...MORELAND HILLS...GATES MILLS... GLENWILLOW AND WOODMERE. LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATED THAT THE LAKE LUCERNE DAM HAS BECOME UNSTABLE AND COULD POSSIBLY BURST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4150 8101 4132 8101 4135 8149 4151 8149 $$ LOMBARDY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 11:24 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 18 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 14, 12:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca, Wood | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:02 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 1:07 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:27 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Marion, Morrow | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Wayne | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Knox | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 54 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark | 51 min |
| Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 3:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Holmes | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:12 PM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Portage, Summit | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 24 hr |
Nearby
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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.