Alert archive / Ohio / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Northern Indiana
NWS Northern Indiana issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2020, 7:11 PM EDT for Fulton 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2020, 7:11 PM EDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2020, 1:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Northern Indiana
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fulton County, OH
The radar
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 146 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
- 1710 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
352
WGUS53 KIWX 142311
FFWIWX
OHC051-150500-
/O.NEW.KIWX.FF.W.0002.200814T2311Z-200815T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
711 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020
The National Weather Service in Northern Indiana has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Fulton County in northwestern Ohio...
* Until 100 AM EDT.
* At 706 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Over three inches of rain have
already fallen in Wauseon with Doppler Radar based estimates of
near 5 inches toward Fayette. Additional showers and thunderstorms
continue to develop to the south and move north across the warned
area. Additional rainfall of 1 to 2 inches is likely through 900
PM EDT.
Flash flooding is likely ongoing or expected to begin shortly in
low lying areas.
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...
Wauseon, Archbold, Delta, Fayette, Lyons, Oakshade, Pettisville,
Zone, Seward, Denson, Winameg, Elmira, Tedrow and Ottokee.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4148 8422 4149 8434 4151 8434 4151 8436
4157 8438 4161 8438 4162 8440 4171 8439
4172 8404 4149 8398
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JBALL1 follow-up statement
556
WGUS73 KIWX 150125
FFSIWX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Northern Indiana
925 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020
OHC051-150500-
/O.CON.KIWX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200815T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fulton OH-
925 PM EDT Fri Aug 14 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT FOR
FULTON COUNTY...
At 922 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated rain was ending across the
area. 2 to as much as 5 inches of rain fell earlier this evening.
Flooded roadways, fields and low lying areas will take time to
recede.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated and spotter reported.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage
and low lying areas will persist through mid evening before
diminishing.
Some locations that will experience continued flooding include...
Wauseon, Archbold, Delta, Fayette, Lyons, Oakshade, Pettisville,
Zone, Seward, Denson, Winameg, Elmira, Tedrow and Ottokee.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Clear Creek, Bad Creek, Oberhaus Creek, Deer Creek, Bean Creek,
Ottawa River, Little Bear Creek, South Branch Bad Creek, Van Hyning
Creek, North Turkeyfoot Creek, Owl Creek, Flat Run, Bates Creek, Bear
Creek, Iron Creek, Tiffin River, Swan Creek and Brush Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4148 8422 4149 8434 4151 8434 4151 8436
4157 8438 4161 8438 4162 8440 4171 8439
4172 8404 4149 8398
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
JBALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Northern Indiana issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Williams | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 3:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Defiance, Williams | 24 min |
| Aug 14, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Putnam | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 4:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 4:30 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 4:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IWX | Fulton, Henry | 21 min |
| Aug 14, 5:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Fulton | 44 min |
| Aug 14, 5:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Fulton | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 7:23 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Henry, Putnam | 3 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.