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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 2016, 2:50 PM EDT for Ashtabula County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 11, 2016, 2:50 PM EDT (18:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 2016, 5:45 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ashtabula County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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
- 1056 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 906 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
600 WGUS51 KCLE 111850 FFWCLE OHC007-112145- /O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.160811T1850Z-160811T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 250 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... ASHTABULA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN OHIO... * UNTIL 545 PM EDT * AT 248 PM EDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH THESE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RAINFALL RATES HAVE INCREASED TO 4 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH CAN QUICKLY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... JEFFERSON...ORWELL...ANDOVER...HARTSGROVE...ROAMING SHORES... PIERPONT...CHERRY VALLEY AND ROCK CREEK. LAT...LON 4182 8052 4150 8052 4150 8100 4172 8100 $$ JAMISON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 2:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 109 min |
| Aug 11, 2:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Huron | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 3:11 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 64 min | |
| Aug 11, 3:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 118 min |
| Aug 11, 3:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Wood | 34 min |
| Aug 11, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas | 43 min |
| Aug 11, 3:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 40 min |
| Aug 11, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 55 min | |
| Aug 11, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 53 min |
| Aug 11, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 5:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Geauga | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 6:21 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 23 min |
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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.