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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2017, 10:36 PM EDT for Crawford County, Hancock County, Wyandot 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
- Sep 4, 2017, 10:36 PM EDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2017, 4:30 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Wyandot County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 1251 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 164 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 6.9
The text
As transmitted.
328
WGUS51 KCLE 050236
FFWCLE
OHC033-063-175-050830-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0016.170905T0236Z-170905T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1036 PM EDT MON SEP 4 2017
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Wyandot County in northwestern Ohio...
Crawford County in north central Ohio...
Southeastern Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...
* Until 430 AM EDT
* At 1035 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 2 to 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is expected.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Bucyrus, Upper Sandusky, Galion, Crestline, Forest, New Washington,
Sycamore, Morral, Vanlue, Chatfield, Marseilles, Carey, Benton,
Nevada, Mount Blanchard, Wharton, Tiro, North Robinson, Harpster
and Kirby.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 4099 8359 4099 8273 4071 8273 4071 8285
4070 8286 4070 8330 4069 8331 4069 8343
4070 8344 4071 8349 4082 8351 4082 8364
$$
LombardyThe office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:34 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 56 min | |
| Sep 4, 9:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot | 52 min |
| Sep 4, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 65 min |
| Sep 4, 9:31 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 89 min | |
| Sep 4, 10:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Sep 4, 10:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Wyandot | 45 min |
| Sep 4, 10:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Morrow, Richland | 61 min |
| Sep 4, 11:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Holmes, Mahoning, Stark, Wayne | 53 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.