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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Cleveland, OH

February 28, 2011Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2011, 1:01 PM EST for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 28, 2011, 4:13 PM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2011, 1:01 PM EST (18:01 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2011, 4:13 PM EST
Expired: Feb 28, 2011, 3:20 PM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

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 18:07 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 river

Written for the forecast point Vermilion River near Mill Hollow MP (VERO1). The gauge peaked at 9.39 ft at Feb 28, 2011, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04199500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

133 
WGUS41 KCLE 281801
FLWCLE
OHC043-093-010201- 

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
101 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...

  VERMILION RIVER NEAR VERMILION

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS AND UPDATES.


&&

OHC043-093-010201-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0029.110228T2113Z-110301T1310Z/
/VERO1.1.ER.110228T2113Z.110301T0000Z.110301T0710Z.NO/
101 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE VERMILION RIVER NEAR VERMILION
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
* AT 12:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.4 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND 
  CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 10.4 FEET BY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL 
  FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY LATE TONIGHT.
* AT 10.0 FEET...LOWLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR IN MILL HOLLOW PARK.

$$

1 follow-up statement

674 
WGUS81 KCLE 282020
FLSCLE
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
320 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...

  VERMILION RIVER NEAR VERMILION

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE 
DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN!

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER 
DETAILS AND UPDATES.


&&

OHC043-093-282050-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FL.W.0029.000000T0000Z-110301T1310Z/
/VERO1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
320 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE VERMILION RIVER NEAR VERMILION.
* AT  3:00 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS...8.9 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 12:43 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Lucas, Marion, Morrow, Ottawa and 4 more	12 hr
Feb 28, 12:51 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina and 3 more	12 hr
Feb 28, 1:54 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake, Portage, Trumbull	12 hr
Feb 28, 3:30 AM EST	Tornado Warning	CLE	Marion	45 min
Feb 28, 4:12 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Holmes, Knox, Marion, Morrow and 2 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 4:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	3 days
Feb 28, 4:41 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	35 hr
Feb 28, 4:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	65 hr
Feb 28, 4:48 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	60 hr
Feb 28, 5:08 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox, Mahoning, Stark	6 hr
Feb 28, 5:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	35 hr
Feb 28, 5:37 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	22 hr
Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Knox	5 hr
Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	21 hr
Feb 28, 5:47 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	3 days
Feb 28, 5:55 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Geauga, Portage, Summit	41 hr
Feb 28, 6:12 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron	34 hr
Feb 28, 6:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	13 days
Feb 28, 6:25 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	17 days
Feb 28, 6:31 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	59 hr
Feb 28, 9:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Seneca	6 days
Feb 28, 9:20 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky	4 days
Feb 28, 9:22 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	7 days
Feb 28, 9:30 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood	3 days
Feb 28, 9:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	9 days
Feb 28, 10:12 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	58 min
Feb 28, 10:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Erie, Geauga, Hancock and 20 more	50 hr
Feb 28, 11:16 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lake	33 hr
Feb 28, 11:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 hr
Feb 28, 11:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	42 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.