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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 13, 2017Hancock County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2017, 5:57 PM EDT for Hancock 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: Jun 13, 2017, 5:57 PM EDT (21:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2017, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Hancock County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 1831 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1049 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

222 
WGUS51 KCLE 132157
FFWCLE
OHC063-140400-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0006.170613T2157Z-170614T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
557 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Hancock County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until midnight EDT Wednesday

* At 556 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated 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...
  Findlay, Bluffton, McComb, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson, Vanlue, Van
  Buren, Mount Blanchard, Benton Ridge, Jenera, Mount Cory and
  Williamstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as
well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

&&

LAT...LON 4116 8388 4113 8342 4111 8342 4091 8349
      4090 8351 4085 8351 4082 8352 4082 8370
      4089 8388

$$

Clark

1 follow-up statement

496 
WGUS71 KCLE 140101
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
901 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

OHC063-140400-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-170614T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Hancock OH-
901 PM EDT TUE JUN 13 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR
HANCOCK COUNTY...

Local law enforcement reported flooding of many roads across the 
county including route 224 east of county road 23. At 900 PM EDT, 
radar showed light to moderate rain in the county however between 
three and four inches of rain have already fallen from earlier 
storms. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Findlay, Bluffton, McComb, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson, Vanlue, Van
Buren, Mount Blanchard, Benton Ridge, Jenera, Mount Cory and
Williamstown.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4116 8388 4113 8342 4111 8342 4091 8349
      4090 8351 4085 8351 4082 8352 4082 8370
      4089 8388

$$

King

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 12:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wayne	48 min
Jun 13, 2:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Stark	33 min
Jun 13, 2:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes, Knox, Morrow	56 min
Jun 13, 2:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	39 min
Jun 13, 2:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Stark	41 min
Jun 13, 3:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox, Morrow	58 min
Jun 13, 3:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	50 min
Jun 13, 3:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Stark	3 hr
Jun 13, 3:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Wyandot	43 min
Jun 13, 3:45 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:25 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	4 hr
Jun 13, 4:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot	63 min
Jun 13, 4:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Richland	6 hr
Jun 13, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Richland	57 min
Jun 13, 4:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Morrow	53 min
Jun 13, 5:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	58 min
Jun 13, 5:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Huron	4 hr
Jun 13, 5:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock	52 min
Jun 13, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	46 min
Jun 13, 7:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Hancock, Seneca	4 hr

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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.