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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 4, 2018Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2018, 4:50 PM EDT for Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 81 min. 1 report 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
Jul 4, 2018, 4:50 PM EDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2018, 6:11 PM EDT
In force
81 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 4, 4:59 PM EDTFLOODMacedonia, OH6-12 INCHES OF WATER ON SECTIONS OF ROUTE 82 AND SEVERAL SIDE STREETS IN MACEDONIA.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 541 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2018-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
541 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1214 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

019 
WGUS51 KCLE 042050
FFWCLE
OHC153-042345-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0008.180704T2050Z-180704T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
450 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2018

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Summit County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 745 PM EDT.

* At 449 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms near 
  Macedonia has produced an inch and a half inch of rain across the 
  warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Hudson, Twinsburg, Macedonia, Northfield, Reminderville, Boston
  Heights, Glenwillow and Peninsula.

LAT...LON 4122 8140 4122 8154 4135 8154 4135 8141
      4134 8140

$$

Bray
1 follow-up statement
874 
WGUS71 KCLE 042211
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
611 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2018

OHC153-042220-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-180704T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Summit OH-
611 PM EDT WED JUL 4 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SUMMIT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4122 8140 4122 8154 4135 8154 4135 8141
      4134 8140

$$

Bray

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 3:08 AM EDTHeat AdvisoryCLEAshland, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Hancock, Holmes and 19 more18 hr
Jul 4, 12:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLELorain109 min
Jul 4, 4:40 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESummit3 hr
Jul 4, 5:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEGeauga2 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.