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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 25, 20185 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Feb 25, 2018, 12:38 AM EST for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2018, 12:38 AM EST (05:38 UTC)
Expired: Feb 25, 2018, 12:30 PM EST
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Ashland County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Richland County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 572 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 266 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 10:32 PM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:57 AM EST, 20 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
357 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018

OHZ003-006>014-018-019-089-PAZ001-002-250900-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-
Ashtabula Inland-Seneca-Huron-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-
Southern Erie-
357 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Rain is expected to spread across the area today into tonight.
This storm system has a chance for producing adequate rainfall to
cause problems on rivers and streams. Be sure to monitor the latest
forecasts for flooding potential.No hazardous weather is expected at
this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ017-020-027>031-036>038-047-250900-
Hancock-Medina-Wyandot-Crawford-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-
Holmes-Knox-
357 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio and northwest Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

OHZ021>023-032-033-PAZ003-250900-
Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Stark-Mahoning-Crawford-
357 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST THIS MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio and northwest
Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-250900-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie open waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
357 AM EST Sat Feb 24 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 24, 8:32 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	54 hr
Feb 24, 11:10 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	40 hr
Feb 25, 1:11 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	12 hr
Feb 25, 1:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	22 hr
Feb 25, 2:35 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more	9 hr
Feb 25, 8:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	25 hr
Feb 25, 12:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox	18 hr
Feb 25, 1:56 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	22 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018 Every areal flood warning in 2018

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.