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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 2, 2019Hancock County, Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jun 2, 2019, 10:45 AM EDT for Hancock County, Lucas County, Wood 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2019, 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2019, 4:45 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 214 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2019-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 567 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2019-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.4

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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 Jun 2, 10:16 AM EDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:16 AM EDT, 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:50 AM EDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHancock, Seneca, Wyandot4 hr
Jun 1, 9:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland59 min
Jun 1, 9:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLETrumbull4 hr
Jun 1, 10:05 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood7 hr
Jun 1, 10:18 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock19 hr
Jun 1, 10:35 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLESandusky, Wood66 hr
Jun 1, 11:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot67 min
Jun 2, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina45 min
Jun 2, 12:20 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Wyandot55 min
Jun 2, 12:32 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Stark, Summit43 min
Jun 2, 1:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow39 min
Jun 2, 1:12 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Marion, Morrow48 min
Jun 2, 1:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLERichland40 min
Jun 2, 1:44 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland46 min
Jun 2, 2:01 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock36 hr
Jun 2, 2:17 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes43 min
Jun 2, 4:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEHancock, Lucas, Wood6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2019Every areal flood warning in 2019

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.