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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 2022Medina County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 14, 2022, 8:17 PM EDT for Medina 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: May 14, 2022, 8:17 PM EDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2022, 11:05 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Medina County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

738 
WGUS51 KCLE 150017
FFWCLE
OHC103-150315-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0003.220515T0017Z-220515T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
817 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Medina County in northeastern Ohio...

* Until 1115 PM EDT.

* At 817 PM EDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 4 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already 
  occurring.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Trained spotters reported.

  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...
  Lodi, Creston, Chippewa Lake, Seville, Westfield Center, Gloria 
  Glens Park, Burbank, Chippewa-On-The-Lake and Briarwood Beach.

Camel Creek east of Lodi is out of its banks and flooding is 
expected to continue in adjacent areas over the next couple hours.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4109 8180 4099 8182 4099 8198 4099 8200
      4099 8201 4099 8206 4099 8213 4111 8210

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

Sefcovic

1 follow-up statement

095 
WGUS71 KCLE 150305
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
1105 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022

OHC103-150315-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-220515T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Medina OH-
1105 PM EDT Sat May 14 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MEDINA COUNTY HAS BEEN 
REPLACED WITH A FLOOD WARNING...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4109 8180 4099 8182 4099 8198 4099 8200
      4099 8201 4099 8206 4099 8213 4111 8210

$$

Sefcovic

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Lorain	108 min
May 14, 11:05 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Medina	5 hr
May 14, 11:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	5 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.