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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 8, 2009Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Feb 8, 2009, 2:54 PM EST for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2009, 2:54 PM EST (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Feb 9, 2009, 12:45 PM EST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood warning went out at Feb 8, 11:58 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 8, 11:58 AM EST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 8, 5:30 AM EST, 9 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

OHZ006-013-014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ002-003-091030-
WOOD-GEAUGA-ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-
PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-
MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WITH THE SNOW MELT FROM SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH SOME MORE SNOW
MELT TODAY AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF...RIVER LEVELS ARE ON THE RISE AND
SOME MOVEMENT OF ICE ON THE RIVERS MAY OCCUR. SOME MINOR ICE JAM
FLOODING MAY OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ON SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING ESPECIALLY FOR THE EARLY
AND MID WEEK PERIOD. WITH SOME RAINFALL...TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THIS COMING WEEK...WITH
OR WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH.

IT WILL BE WINDY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WIND GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 45 MPH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-091030-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
ON LAKE ERIE WILL OCCUR FOR MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK.

GALE FORCE WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

OHZ003-007>012-089-PAZ001-091030-
LUCAS-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-
ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-
530 AM EST SUN FEB 8 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

WITH THE SNOW MELT FROM SATURDAY...COMBINED WITH SOME MORE SNOW
MELT TODAY AND THE CONTINUED RUNOFF...RIVER LEVELS ARE ON THE RISE AND
SOME MOVEMENT OF ICE ON THE RIVERS MAY OCCUR. SOME MINOR ICE JAM
FLOODING MAY OCCUR THROUGH TONIGHT ON SOME STREAMS AND RIVERS.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE WELL ABOVE FREEZING ESPECIALLY FOR THE EARLY
AND MID WEEK PERIOD. WITH SOME RAINFALL...TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY THIS COULD LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS. THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL DEPEND
ON THE TRACK OF THE LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH
THE REGION. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NEXT WEEK...WITH OR
WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL. THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING
WILL BE HIGH.

IT WILL BE WINDY WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...THE WIND GUSTS MAY
EXCEED 45 MPH.

POSSIBILITY OF ICE FLOES BREAKING AWAY FROM THE MAIN ICE AREA
OF LAKE ERIE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

KIELTYKA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 6:09 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEErie, Huron, Lorain12 hr
Feb 8, 7:41 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLELake12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2009Every areal flood warning in 2009

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.