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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Cleveland, OH

August 8, 2022Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2022, 8:20 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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: Aug 8, 2022, 8:20 PM EDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 8, 8:20 PM EDT	FLOOD	2 Se Lakewood, OH	2 CARS STRANDED ON INTERSTATE UNDER OVERPASS WITH WATER UP TO HOOD. PERSONS EVACUATED. TIME APPROXIMATE.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1336 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

042 
WGUS51 KCLE 090020
FFWCLE
OHC035-093-090315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0013.220809T0020Z-220809T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
820 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Lorain County in north central Ohio...
  Cuyahoga County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 820 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.5 inches are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Cleveland, Lorain, Elyria, Parma, Lakewood, Euclid, Cleveland 
  Heights, Strongsville, Westlake, North Royalton, North Ridgeville, 
  Solon, Avon Lake, Warrensville Heights, Macedonia, Grafton, 
  Highland Hills, North Olmsted, Garfield Heights and Shaker Heights.

Street flooding has already been reported in Cleveland Heights. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 4151 8202 4152 8175 4159 8162 4158 8149
      4157 8149 4157 8139 4145 8139 4144 8138
      4142 8138 4142 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8160 4128 8196 4127 8197 4126 8215
      4140 8215

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Clark

1 follow-up statement

092 
WGUS71 KCLE 090300
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1100 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

OHC035-093-090310-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-220809T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cuyahoga OH-Lorain OH-
1100 PM EDT Mon Aug 8 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN LORAIN AND 
CUYAHOGA COUNTIES...

Heavy rain has ended and flood waters are receding. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

LAT...LON 4151 8202 4152 8175 4159 8162 4158 8149
      4157 8149 4157 8139 4145 8139 4144 8138
      4142 8138 4142 8139 4135 8139 4135 8159
      4128 8160 4128 8196 4127 8197 4126 8215
      4140 8215

$$

Jaszka

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	44 min
Aug 8, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull	49 min
Aug 8, 8:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Huron, Lorain, Medina	6 hr
Aug 8, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Lorain, Medina, Summit, Wayne	41 min
Aug 8, 8:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull	106 min
Aug 8, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull	47 min
Aug 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Trumbull	61 min
Aug 8, 11:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	3 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.