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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 4, 2020Stark County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2020, 3:16 PM EDT for Stark County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 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 4, 2020, 3:16 PM EDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2020, 6:45 PM EDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Stark County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2020-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 2020-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

138 
WGUS51 KCLE 041916
FFWCLE
OHC151-042245-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0006.200604T1916Z-200604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
316 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Stark County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 645 PM EDT.

* At 314 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain has 
  already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Canton, Massillon, Green, Alliance, North Canton, Louisville,
  Minerva, Hartville, Brewster, Navarre, Waynesburg, East Sparta,
  Wilmot, Canal Fulton, East Canton, and Limaville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4091 8142 4099 8142 4099 8109
      4073 8109 4072 8124 4065 8124 4065 8143
      4066 8144 4065 8147 4064 8165

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Jamison
2 follow-up statements
942 
WGUS71 KCLE 042018
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
418 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020

OHC151-042245-
/O.CON.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stark OH-
418 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT FOR
STARK COUNTY...

At 412 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated gauges indicated heavy
rain falling across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
shortly. At 330 PM EDT, a river gauge on the West Branch Nimishillen 
Creek at Zimber Ditch has risen to 9.40 feet. At 9.50 feet, Lucille 
Avenue and Furbee Avenue Southwest are inundated and Price Park is 
flooded.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage 
         and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Canton, Massillon, Green, Alliance, North Canton, Louisville,
Minerva, Hartville, Brewster, Navarre, Waynesburg, East Sparta,
Wilmot, Canal Fulton, East Canton, Beach City, Bolivar, Meyers Lake,
Hills And Dales and Limaville.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4091 8142 4099 8142 4099 8109
      4073 8109 4072 8124 4065 8124 4065 8143
      4066 8144 4065 8147 4064 8165

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Saunders
287 
WGUS71 KCLE 042238
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
638 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020

OHC151-042246-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-200604T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Stark OH-
638 PM EDT Thu Jun 4 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR STARK COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM
EDT...

Flood waters have receded and flooding is no longer expected to pose 
a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4091 8164 4091 8142 4099 8142 4099 8109
      4073 8109 4072 8124 4065 8124 4065 8143
      4066 8144 4065 8147 4064 8165

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 1:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow41 min
Jun 4, 1:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne46 min
Jun 4, 1:52 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne53 min
Jun 4, 2:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark, Summit, Wayne51 min
Jun 4, 2:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEStark3 hr
Jun 4, 3:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning112 min
Jun 4, 5:29 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning91 min
Jun 4, 6:46 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningCLEStark3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.