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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

November 5, 2017Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Nov 5, 2017, 4:52 PM EST for Erie 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
Nov 5, 2017, 4:52 PM EST (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2017, 7:45 PM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Erie County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:53 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Detroit, MI at 12:00Z on 2017-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
459 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

375 
WGUS41 KCLE 052152
FLWCLE

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
452 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

OHC043-060045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FA.W.0021.171105T2152Z-171106T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Erie OH-
452 PM EST SUN NOV 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flood Warning for...
  Erie County in north central Ohio...

* Until 745 PM EST

* At 451 PM EST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain which will cause flooding. Up to two inches of rain 
  have already fallen. This additional heavy rain will cause 
  widespread lowland and road flooding. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Sandusky, Western Vermilion, Milan, Castalia, Berlin Heights, 
  Bloomingville, Sandusky South, Birmingham and Fairview Lanes.

LAT...LON 4144 8254 4141 8250 4143 8235 4129 8234
      4128 8236 4129 8284 4147 8283 4145 8275
      4149 8267

$$

Jamison

The office that day

Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 5, 2:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more25 hr
Nov 5, 12:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLELucas, Wood61 min
Nov 5, 12:47 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE88 min
Nov 5, 1:08 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEOttawa, Sandusky67 min
Nov 5, 2:12 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min
Nov 5, 2:23 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie67 min
Nov 5, 2:28 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEErie32 min
Nov 5, 2:42 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEErie, Lorain20 min
Nov 5, 2:52 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE113 min
Nov 5, 2:53 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood67 min
Nov 5, 3:11 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLESandusky, Wood6 hr
Nov 5, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood47 min
Nov 5, 3:22 PM ESTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE24 hr
Nov 5, 3:44 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE91 min
Nov 5, 3:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE2 hr
Nov 5, 3:50 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementCLEOttawa55 min
Nov 5, 4:01 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Wood, Wyandot30 min
Nov 5, 4:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot57 min
Nov 5, 4:43 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Nov 5, 4:43 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESandusky22 min
Nov 5, 4:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Crawford, Morrow, Richland54 min
Nov 5, 4:51 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Huron, Lorain, Sandusky, Seneca54 min
Nov 5, 4:58 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEHuron, Seneca32 min
Nov 5, 5:29 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne46 min
Nov 5, 5:31 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain, Medina43 min
Nov 5, 5:34 PM ESTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Wayne26 min
Nov 5, 5:45 PM ESTSpecial Marine WarningCLE90 min
Nov 5, 5:48 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Lorain3 hr
Nov 5, 5:51 PM ESTTornado WarningCLECuyahoga14 min
Nov 5, 6:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit43 min
Nov 5, 6:03 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga18 min
Nov 5, 6:18 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEGeauga23 min
Nov 5, 6:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull39 min
Nov 5, 6:42 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning28 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.