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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at May 19, 2020, 3:18 AM EDT for Hancock County, Seneca 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
- May 19, 2020, 3:18 AM EDT (07:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 9:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hancock County, OH, Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 185 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 19, 1:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 1:48 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 735 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 OHZ006-010-011-017>020-027>031-036-037-047-192345- Wood-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Medina-Wyandot-Crawford- Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Marion-Morrow-Knox- 735 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ012>014-021>023-032-033-038-089-PAZ001>003-192345- Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Stark-Mahoning- Holmes-Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford- 735 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Showers and thunderstorms over the region may lead to localized flooding, especially in areas that have received several rounds of rain over the past several days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ003-007>009-192345- Lucas-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie- 735 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 ...LAKESHORE FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM EDT TUESDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lakeshore Flood Warning. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Lakeshore Flood Warning. Flood Watch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-192345- Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH- Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- Lake Erie open waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH- Lake Erie open waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH- Lake Erie open waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH- Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH- Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH- Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH- Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH- Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY- 735 PM EDT Mon May 18 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Lake Erie, eastern Lake Erie and western Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 18, 10:53 PM EDT, 4 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 18, 9:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Wyandot | 6 hr |
| May 18, 9:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Hancock, Huron, Seneca | 6 hr |
| May 18, 10:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 6 hr |
| May 19, 12:44 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 6 hr |
| May 19, 4:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Knox, Richland | 15 hr |
| May 19, 4:44 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland | 15 hr |
| May 19, 5:07 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 20 hr |
| May 19, 5:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 23 hr |
| May 19, 6:23 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 4 days |
| May 19, 6:27 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 3 days |
| May 19, 6:35 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Marion, Wyandot | 12 hr |
| May 19, 6:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Sandusky, Wood | 65 hr |
| May 19, 6:59 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Marion | 37 hr |
| May 19, 9:54 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 7 hr |
| May 19, 3:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 10 hr |
| May 19, 3:40 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 13 hr |
Nearby
Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2020Every areal flood warning in 2020
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.