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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 28, 2019Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2019, 8:42 PM EDT for Medina County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 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 28, 2019, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2019, 12:45 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1059 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 00:00Z on 2019-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1059 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

272 
WGUS51 KCLE 290042
FFWCLE
OHC103-290445-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0022.190629T0042Z-190629T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
842 PM EDT Fri Jun 28 2019

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 1245 AM EDT.

* At 842 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...
  Wadsworth, Lodi, Chippewa Lake, Seville, Westfield Center, Gloria
  Glens Park, Chippewa-On-The-Lake and Briarwood Beach.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4110 8169 4100 8169 4103 8208 4111 8209

$$
1 follow-up statement
667 
WGUS71 KCLE 290437
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1237 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

OHC103-290447-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-190629T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Medina OH-
1237 AM EDT Sat Jun 29 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN MEDINA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
1245 AM EDT...

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

LAT...LON 4110 8169 4100 8169 4103 8208 4111 8209

$$

Saunders

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake21 min
Jun 29, 1:28 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshtabula47 min
Jun 29, 1:51 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula39 min
Jun 29, 6:27 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE93 min
Jun 29, 3:25 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning50 min
Jun 29, 3:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMedina, Summit36 min
Jun 29, 4:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit48 min
Jun 29, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning4 hr
Jun 29, 5:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning50 min
Jun 29, 5:16 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEMahoning5 hr
Jun 29, 7:06 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEStark24 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.