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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 14, 2015Cuyahoga County, Geauga County, Portage County, Ohio

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.

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2015-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$

LOMBARDY
1 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 11:24 AM EDTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 18 more9 hr
Jul 14, 12:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky, Seneca, Wood67 min
Jul 14, 12:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky, Seneca, Wood3 hr
Jul 14, 1:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga43 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga3 hr
Jul 14, 1:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion, Morrow48 min
Jul 14, 1:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Wayne39 min
Jul 14, 1:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox56 min
Jul 14, 1:57 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEKnox48 min
Jul 14, 2:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Trumbull44 min
Jul 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit54 min
Jul 14, 2:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark51 min
Jul 14, 2:59 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHolmes31 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning45 min
Jul 14, 3:32 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes6 hr
Jul 14, 4:12 PM EDTBeach Hazards StatementCLEAshtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more24 hr
Jul 14, 4:17 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEPortage, Summit3 hr
Jul 14, 4:25 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE24 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.