Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2019, 4:33 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports 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
- May 28, 2019, 4:33 PM EDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2019, 8:30 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Medina County, OH, Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 1 E Brooklyn Heights, OH | ROAD CLOSED UNDER 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER. |
| May 28, 8:12 PM EDT | FLOOD | 2 Nne Brecksville, OH | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING AT GREENHAVEN AND WIESE RD. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 483 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted.
230 WGUS51 KCLE 282033 FFWCLE OHC035-055-093-103-133-153-290030- /O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.190528T2033Z-190529T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Cleveland OH 433 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Portage County in northeastern Ohio... Southern Geauga County in northeastern Ohio... Southern Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio... Northeastern Medina County in northeastern Ohio... Northern Summit County in northeastern Ohio... East central Lorain County in north central Ohio... * Until 830 PM EDT. * At 431 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen and another 2 inches is expected by 6 PM. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly along and south of I-480. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cleveland, Elyria, Parma, Strongsville, Brunswick, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Hudson, Twinsburg, Streetsboro, Macedonia, Grafton, Garrettsville, Mantua, North Olmsted, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Parma Heights and Broadview Heights. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4143 8100 4122 8100 4120 8210 4141 8212 $$ LaPlante
2 follow-up statements
227 WGUS71 KCLE 282208 FFSCLE Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 608 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 OHC035-055-093-103-133-153-290030- /O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190529T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Portage OH-Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Medina OH-Summit OH-Lorain OH- 608 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN PORTAGE...SOUTHERN GEAUGA...SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA...NORTHEASTERN MEDINA...NORTHERN SUMMIT AND EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES... At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated that the initial cluster of training thunderstorms that prompted the warning have moved east after dropping 1-2 inches of rain. The rain has temporarily ended but more storms may move into the warned area after 7 PM and produce heavy rainfall. Flash flooding may still occur in low lying and flood prone areas. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cleveland, Elyria, Parma, Strongsville, Brunswick, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Hudson, Twinsburg, Streetsboro, Macedonia, Grafton, Garrettsville, Mantua, North Olmsted, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Parma Heights and Broadview Heights. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots. && LAT...LON 4143 8100 4122 8100 4120 8210 4141 8212 $$ LaPlante
503 WGUS71 KCLE 282325 FFSCLE Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 725 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 OHC035-055-093-103-133-153-290030- /O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190529T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Portage OH-Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Medina OH-Summit OH-Lorain OH- 725 PM EDT Tue May 28 2019 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM EDT FOR NORTHERN PORTAGE...SOUTHERN GEAUGA...SOUTHERN CUYAHOGA...NORTHEASTERN MEDINA...NORTHERN SUMMIT AND EAST CENTRAL LORAIN COUNTIES... At 720 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated a cluster of thunderstorms producing torrential rain across northern portion of the warned area which is along and just south of 1-480. Flash flooding is likely. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Cleveland, Elyria, Parma, Strongsville, Brunswick, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, Solon, Hudson, Twinsburg, Streetsboro, Macedonia, Grafton, Garrettsville, Mantua, North Olmsted, Garfield Heights, Maple Heights, Parma Heights and Broadview Heights. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 4122 8100 4120 8210 4141 8212 4143 8100 $$ LaPlante
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 11:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Marion, Morrow, Wyandot | 58 min |
| May 28, 12:07 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 23 min |
| May 28, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit | 40 min |
| May 28, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 26 min |
| May 28, 3:35 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 37 hr |
| May 28, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 49 min |
| May 28, 4:01 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit | 4 hr |
| May 28, 4:04 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage, Stark, Summit | 41 min |
| May 28, 4:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 38 min |
| May 28, 4:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock | 57 min |
| May 28, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark | 39 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 28, 5:57 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 93 min | |
| May 28, 6:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 44 min |
| May 28, 6:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Portage | 37 min |
| May 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage | 4 hr |
| May 28, 6:47 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 58 min | |
| May 28, 6:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 34 min |
| May 28, 7:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 4 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.