Alert archive / Pennsylvania / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2016, 1:03 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 6 hr. 7 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 10, 2016, 1:03 AM EDT (05:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2016, 7:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Erie County, PA
The radar
The Buffalo radar (KBUF), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:20 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Erie, PA | MANHOLE COVERS POPPED NEAR BAYFRONT. REPORTED THROUGH TV STATION WICU. |
| Aug 10, 1:25 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | Erie, PA | SEVERAL VEHICLES REPORTED STRANDED IN WATER. |
| Aug 10, 4:20 AM EDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Sw Erie, PA | FLASH FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL AREAS OF MILLCREEK TOWNSHIP. LAKEFRONT DRIVE HARDEST HIT WITH 20-30 CARS STRANDED AND SEVERAL CARS FLOATING. |
| Aug 10, 4:39 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.79 | 2 Sse Erie, PA | REPORTED AT 3514 STATE STREET ERIE, PA. WICU/WSEE TV STATION. THIS IS A RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE 11 PM. . |
| Aug 10, 4:42 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.1 | 4 Wsw Erie, PA | PRESQUE ISLE STATE PARK RAIN GAUGE. RAINFALL SINCE 11 PM. . |
| Aug 10, 5:00 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.07 | 5 Ne Fairview, PA | REPORTED AT TOM RIDGE FIELD. RAINFALL TOTAL FROM MIDNIGHT THROUGH 5 AM. |
| Aug 10, 5:02 AM EDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.24 | Erie, PA | 3 INCHES FELL IN 30 MIN. STANDING WATER IN THE YARD. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -206 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1813 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
504
WGUS51 KCLE 100503
FFWCLE
PAC049-101100-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0002.160810T0503Z-160810T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
103 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN ERIE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...
* UNTIL 700 AM EDT
* AT 101 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 230 AM WILL ONLY
ADD TO THE RUNOFF. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ERIE...NORTH EAST...GIRARD...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...HARBORCREEK...
LAWRENCE PARK...WESLEYVILLE...LAKE CITY...PLATEA...MCKEAN...
FAIRVIEW...AVONIA...NORTHWEST HARBORCR AND MIDDLEBORO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4227 7976 4209 7976 4191 8051 4200 8051
4211 8021 4214 8018 4226 7987 4227 7983
$$
MULLEN2 follow-up statements
787
WGUS71 KCLE 100631
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
231 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
PAC049-101100-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160810T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ERIE PA-
231 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY...
AT 228 AM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. WATER LEVELS WILL
FLUCTUATE AS THE HEAVY RAIN PASSES. ANY LOW LYING AREAS LIKELY HAVE
WATER OR COULD QUICKLY FILL BACK IN WITH THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ERIE...NORTH EAST...GIRARD...NORTHWEST HARBORCREEK...HARBORCREEK...
LAWRENCE PARK...WESLEYVILLE...LAKE CITY...PLATEA...MCKEAN...
FAIRVIEW...AVONIA...NORTHWEST HARBORCR AND MIDDLEBORO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
LAT...LON 4227 7976 4209 7976 4191 8051 4200 8051
4211 8021 4214 8018 4226 7987 4227 7983
$$
MULLEN855
WGUS71 KCLE 101056
FFSCLE
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
656 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
PAC049-101104-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160810T1100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ERIE PA-
656 AM EDT WED AUG 10 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ERIE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700
AM EDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4227 7976 4209 7976 4191 8051 4200 8051
4211 8021 4214 8018 4226 7987 4227 7983
$$
MULLENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 3:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Erie | 5 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.