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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 14, 20225 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2022, 2:03 AM EDT for 5 counties in Ohio. It was in force for 5 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 14, 2022, 2:03 AM EDT (06:03 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2022, 6:45 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:04 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

Detroit, MI (KDTX), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 123 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1415 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

953 
WGUS51 KCLE 140603
FFWCLE
OHC095-123-143-147-173-141045-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FF.W.0008.220614T0603Z-220614T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
203 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

The National Weather Service in Cleveland has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Lucas County in northwestern Ohio...
  Ottawa County in northwestern Ohio...
  Western Sandusky County in northwestern Ohio...
  Northwestern Seneca County in northwestern Ohio...
  Wood County in northwestern Ohio...

* Until 645 AM EDT.

* At 203 AM 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 1 to 2.5 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...
  Toledo, Bowling Green, Perrysburg, Oregon, Sylvania, Rossford, 
  Waterville, Northwood, Whitehouse, Gibsonburg, Genoa, Woodville, 
  Holland, Weston, Elmore, Maumee, Ottawa Hills, Walbridge, 
  Pemberville and Millbury.

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.

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

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 4172 8388 4172 8342 4174 8339 4172 8338
      4173 8335 4165 8313 4119 8340 4139 8388

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Griffin

1 follow-up statement

247 
WGUS71 KCLE 141040
FFSCLE

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
640 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

OHC095-123-143-147-173-141050-
/O.EXP.KCLE.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-220614T1045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lucas OH-Ottawa OH-Sandusky OH-Seneca OH-Wood OH-
640 AM EDT Tue Jun 14 2022

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 645 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR 
LUCAS, OTTAWA, WESTERN SANDUSKY, NORTHWESTERN SENECA AND WOOD 
COUNTIES...

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

LAT...LON 4172 8388 4172 8342 4174 8339 4172 8338
      4173 8335 4165 8313 4119 8340 4139 8388

$$

Griffin

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 9:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas, Sandusky, Wood	63 min
Jun 13, 9:30 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		90 min
Jun 13, 9:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	67 min
Jun 13, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	59 min
Jun 13, 10:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Hancock, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot	56 min
Jun 13, 10:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Crawford, Marion, Morrow, Wyandot	41 min
Jun 13, 10:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Huron	48 min
Jun 13, 11:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland and 1 more	59 min
Jun 13, 11:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Knox, Morrow, Richland	48 min
Jun 13, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Holmes, Medina, Stark, Summit, Wayne	71 min
Jun 13, 11:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox	33 min
Jun 14, 12:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Huron, Lorain, Medina, Richland, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 14, 12:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CLE	Holmes, Stark, Wayne	34 min
Jun 14, 12:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 14, 12:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Wayne	5 hr
Jun 14, 1:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	19 min
Jun 14, 1:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Lucas	25 min
Jun 14, 2:08 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Hancock, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and 1 more	52 min
Jun 14, 2:17 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Wood	28 min
Jun 14, 2:23 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		52 min
Jun 14, 2:46 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca	6 hr
Jun 14, 2:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Crawford, Huron, Marion, Wyandot	35 min
Jun 14, 3:16 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland	44 min
Jun 14, 3:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Seneca, Wood, Wyandot	4 hr
Jun 14, 3:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Wayne	45 min
Jun 14, 3:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Huron, Knox, Lorain and 5 more	5 hr
Jun 14, 5:50 AM EDT	Excessive Heat Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Hancock, Holmes, Knox, Lucas and 6 more	39 hr
Jun 14, 5:50 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 16 more	39 hr
Jun 14, 4:49 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	18 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.