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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 21, 2022, 6:11 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It was in force for 100 min. 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 21, 2022, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2022, 7:51 PM EDT
- In force
- 100 min
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 161 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 856 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 141 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
607
WGUS51 KCLE 212211
FFWCLE
OHC043-077-220115-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0004.220521T2211Z-220522T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
611 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022
The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Erie County in north central Ohio...
Northern Huron County in north central Ohio...
* Until 915 PM EDT.
* At 611 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain
have fallen. 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...
Sandusky, Norwalk, Bellevue, Milan, Northern Milan, Wakeman,
Castalia, Monroeville, Berlin Heights, Bloomingville, Sandusky
South and Birmingham.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 4142 8285 4137 8234 4113 8234 4114 8284
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Maines1 follow-up statement
376 WGUS71 KCLE 212351 FFSCLE Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Cleveland OH 751 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022 OHC043-077-220001- /O.CAN.KCLE.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220522T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Erie OH-Huron OH- 751 PM EDT Sat May 21 2022 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR ERIE AND NORTHERN HURON COUNTIES... The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, although minor flooding may persist through this evening. Please continue to heed remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4142 8285 4137 8234 4113 8234 4114 8284 $$ Maines
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 9:12 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 48 min |
| May 21, 9:38 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 62 min | |
| May 21, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 49 min |
| May 21, 2:48 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Knox, Morrow, Richland | 42 min |
| May 21, 3:24 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Richland, Wayne | 66 min |
| May 21, 3:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga | 43 min |
| May 21, 3:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Knox | 42 min |
| May 21, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Hancock | 41 min |
| May 21, 4:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Ashtabula | 40 min |
| May 21, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 46 min |
| May 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 57 min |
| May 21, 4:18 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Morrow, Richland | 42 min |
| May 21, 4:34 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Erie, Huron | 56 min |
| May 21, 4:36 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 39 min |
| May 21, 4:57 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Seneca, Wyandot | 63 min |
| May 21, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula | 47 min |
| May 21, 5:05 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Sandusky, Seneca | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 47 min |
| May 21, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Marion, Wyandot | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:23 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more | 47 min |
| May 21, 5:31 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Huron, Seneca | 29 min |
| May 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Seneca | 3 hr |
| May 21, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 91 min | |
| May 21, 6:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Lorain | 44 min |
| May 21, 6:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lorain | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:37 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 53 min |
| May 21, 6:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Stark | 48 min |
| May 21, 6:51 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| May 21, 6:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 39 min |
| May 21, 6:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 46 min |
| May 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 2 hr | |
| May 21, 7:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 50 min |
| May 21, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Trumbull | 50 min |
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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.