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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2017Marion County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2017, 6:13 AM EDT for Marion County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 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: Jun 5, 2017, 6:13 AM EDT (10:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 5, 2017, 9:45 AM EDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Marion County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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
Jun 5, 6:18 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	1 S Marion, OH	WATER RESCUE REPORTED ON BARKS ROAD ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF MARION. HIGH WATER ON PROSPECT STREET ALLOWED FOR A CAR TO BE HALFWAY SUBMERGED IN WATER. HIGH WATER ALSO NOTED ON VERNON HEIGHTS BLVD.
Jun 5, 6:36 AM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 E Marion, OH	WATER RESCUE REPORTED ON EDGEFIELD BLVD. TWO TO FOUR FEET OF WATER COVERED THE ROADWAY AT THE TIME.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 119 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

065 
WGUS51 KCLE 051013
FFWCLE
OHC101-051345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.170605T1013Z-170605T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
613 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Marion County in north central Ohio...

* Until 945 AM EDT

* At 612 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported thunderstorms
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of
  rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin
  shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Marion, Morral, Caledonia and Green Camp. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4051 8324 4069 8321 4068 8286 4064 8286
      4064 8296 4056 8295 4049 8296 4049 8301
      4048 8302

$$

Oudeman

1 follow-up statement

790 
WGUS71 KCLE 051137
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
737 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

OHC101-051345-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-170605T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Marion OH-
737 AM EDT MON JUN 5 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM EDT FOR
CENTRAL MARION COUNTY...

At 733 AM EDT, local law enforcement reported several closed roads 
in the Marion area due to flooding. Two to three inches of rain have 
already fallen. Rain has moved out of the area and conditions will 
improve throughout the morning hours but several roads remain 
impassable in the area.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Marion, Morral, Caledonia and Green Camp. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 4051 8324 4069 8321 4068 8286 4064 8286
      4064 8296 4056 8295 4049 8296 4049 8301
      4048 8302

$$

Sefcovic

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 5, 5:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Marion, Wyandot	4 hr
Jun 5, 5:56 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion, Morrow	49 min
Jun 5, 9:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Marion	3 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.