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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 2019Ottawa County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2019, 4:04 PM EDT for Ottawa County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 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 5, 2019, 4:04 PM EDT (20:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2019, 6:12 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Ottawa County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2019-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 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 2019-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

082 
WGUS51 KCLE 052004
FFWCLE
OHC123-060000-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0007.190605T2004Z-190606T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
404 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Ottawa County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 800 PM EDT.

* At 403 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have 
  already fallen on saturated ground. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Port Clinton, Northwood, Oak Harbor, Genoa, Elmore, Catawba Island,
  Millbury, Marblehead, Bay View, Rocky Ridge, Clay Center and
  Williston.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4161 8301 4156 8293 4156 8291 4161 8291
      4160 8278 4154 8265 4152 8265 4143 8291
      4142 8295 4145 8297 4143 8301 4146 8302
      4146 8334 4150 8335 4150 8341 4162 8342

$$

LaPlante
1 follow-up statement
022 
WGUS71 KCLE 052212
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
612 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

OHC123-052220-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-190606T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ottawa OH-
612 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OTTAWA COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is receding. Some closed roads 
have been reopened. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. 
Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4161 8301 4156 8293 4156 8291 4161 8291
      4160 8278 4154 8265 4152 8265 4143 8291
      4142 8295 4145 8297 4143 8301 4146 8302
      4146 8334 4150 8335 4150 8341 4162 8342

$$

LaPlante

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:43 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas47 min
Jun 5, 7:32 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELucas, Ottawa43 min
Jun 5, 2:39 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCLEWood36 min
Jun 5, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky, Wood47 min
Jun 5, 2:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock34 min
Jun 5, 3:01 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEOttawa, Sandusky11 min
Jun 5, 3:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMarion50 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Ottawa, Sandusky45 min
Jun 5, 3:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wood38 min
Jun 5, 3:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESeneca41 min
Jun 5, 3:53 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEHancock, Wood37 min
Jun 5, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Wayne27 min
Jun 5, 4:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEWood2 hr
Jun 5, 4:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Marion, Morrow64 min
Jun 5, 4:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit4 hr
Jun 5, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Medina4 hr
Jun 5, 4:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Wyandot40 min
Jun 5, 4:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHancock, Seneca, Wyandot33 min
Jun 5, 4:30 PM EDTTornado WarningCLECrawford30 min
Jun 5, 4:31 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain, Medina, Portage, Summit3 hr
Jun 5, 4:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLETrumbull5 hr
Jun 5, 4:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECrawford, Seneca4 hr
Jun 5, 4:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECrawford, Morrow, Richland47 min
Jun 5, 5:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Huron, Richland4 hr
Jun 5, 5:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Wayne38 min
Jun 5, 5:19 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshland, Holmes26 min
Jun 5, 5:27 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox48 min
Jun 5, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox36 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne46 min
Jun 5, 6:07 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes4 hr
Jun 5, 6:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEStark4 hr
Jun 5, 7:46 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEWyandot3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.