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Flood Watch 5, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 8, 200916 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Oct 8, 2009, 3:35 PM EDT for 16 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Oct 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 8, 2009, 3:35 PM EDT (19:35 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 8, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2009, 10:22 AM EDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity
None

Counties Ashland County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Knox County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 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 Oct 8, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 1:31 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 7, 8:10 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE8 hr
Oct 8, 4:27 AM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE5 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2009Every 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.