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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 5, 20196 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 5, 2019, 4:31 PM EDT for 6 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 5 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
Jun 5, 2019, 4:31 PM EDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2019, 7:40 PM EDT
In force
3 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), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:33 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 5:03 PM EDTFLASH FLOOD1 Wsw Strongsville, OHFLOOD WATERS ENTERING BUILDING ON PROSPECT RD. NORTH AND SOUTH OF LUNN RD. VEHICLES STRANDED AT INTERSECTION OF LUNN AND PROSPECT RD.
Jun 5, 5:41 PM EDTFLOODKent, OHCHERRY STREET CLOSED AT 261/MOGADORE DUE TO FLOODING.
Jun 5, 6:00 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 2.3Bedford, OHSTORM TOTAL SINCE THE MORNING.
Jun 5, 7:37 PM EDTFLOODStreetsboro, OHSTATE ROUTE 303 CLOSED FROM JEFFERSON TO STONE ROAD DUE TO FLOODING.
Jun 5, 7:43 PM EDTHEAVY RAIN 1.81 N Strongsville, OH24-HOUR REPORT.

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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2019-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2019-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 159 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1350 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

940 
WGUS51 KCLE 052031
FFWCLE
OHC035-055-093-103-133-153-060230-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0009.190605T2031Z-190606T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Portage County in northeastern Ohio...
  Geauga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...
  Medina County in northeastern Ohio...
  Northern Summit County in northeastern Ohio...
  Lorain County in north central Ohio...

* Until 1030 PM EDT Wednesday.

* At 427 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated another round of 
  thunderstorms has developed or moved into the Cleveland-Akron 
  metro area and is producing torrential rain across the warned 
  area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding 
  is expected to begin shortly as another 2 inches of rain is 
  expected mainly along and south of I-480.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Cleveland, Akron, Lorain, Elyria, Medina, Ravenna, Vermilion,
  Chardon, Parma, Lakewood, Cuyahoga Falls, Cleveland Heights,
  Strongsville, Brunswick, Westlake, North Royalton, North
  Ridgeville, Kent, Solon and Avon Lake.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become
unstable and unsafe.

&&

LAT...LON 4158 8101 4112 8100 4110 8139 4108 8217
      4106 8218 4107 8234 4147 8234 4147 8229
      4150 8223

$$

LaPlante
1 follow-up statement
350 
WGUS71 KCLE 052340
FFSCLE

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

OHC035-055-093-103-133-153-052350-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190606T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Portage OH-Geauga OH-Cuyahoga OH-Medina OH-Summit OH-Lorain OH-
740 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PORTAGE...GEAUGA...CUYAHOGA...
MEDINA...NORTHERN SUMMIT AND LORAIN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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 4158 8101 4112 8100 4110 8139 4108 8217
      4106 8218 4107 8234 4147 8234 4147 8229
      4150 8223

$$

Greenawalt

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, 4:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEOttawa2 hr
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, 4:36 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

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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.