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Flood Watch 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 9, 200928 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Mar 9, 2009, 3:30 PM EDT for 28 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 9, 2009, 3:30 PM EDT (19:30 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2009, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 11, 2009, 8:54 AM EDT
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity: None

All 30 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 9, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 12:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 8, 8:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashland, Wayne	46 min
Mar 8, 8:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	4 days
Mar 8, 9:13 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Seneca	27 hr
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	5 days
Mar 8, 9:53 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	6 days
Mar 8, 11:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky	47 hr
Mar 9, 12:31 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	35 hr
Mar 9, 3:32 AM EDT	Low Water Advisory	CLE		6 hr
Mar 8, 9:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Crawford, Erie	3 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2009 Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2009 Every flood watch 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.