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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT for Erie County, Huron County, Ohio. It took effect at May 12, 2011, 7:17 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 12, 2011, 5:29 PM EDT (21:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 12, 2011, 7:17 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 13, 2011, 12:09 AM EDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Erie County, OH, Huron County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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.
The river
Written for the forecast point Huron River at Milan (MILO1). The gauge peaked at 10.90 ft at May 12, 2011, 10:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 19.5 ft
- Major stage
- 22.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04199000, 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.
939 WGUS41 KCLE 122129 FLWCLE BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 529 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO... HURON RIVER NEAR MILAN 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. && OHC043-077-130529- /O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0091.110512T2317Z-110513T0914Z/ /MILO1.1.ER.110512T2317Z.110513T0000Z.110513T0314Z.NO/ 529 PM EDT THU MAY 12 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HURON RIVER NEAR MILAN * FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT * AT 4:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.3 FEET * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 18.3 FEET BY TONIGHT. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. * AT 18.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER FROM MILAN TO FRANKLIN FLATS. $$
1 follow-up statement
651 WGUS81 KCLE 130409 FLSCLE FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1209 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011 ...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO... HURON RIVER NEAR MILAN PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NEVER DRIVE YOUR CAR THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE DEEPER THAN IT APPEARS. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN! STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS AND UPDATES. && OHC043-077-130439- /O.CAN.KCLE.FL.W.0091.000000T0000Z-110513T0914Z/ /MILO1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/ 1209 AM EDT FRI MAY 13 2011 THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE HURON RIVER NEAR MILAN. * AT 11:30 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 10.6 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET. * FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW FLOOD STAGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 5:11 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Richland | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:03 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Wayne | 57 min |
| May 12, 7:02 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Holmes | 58 min |
| May 12, 8:23 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 82 min | |
| May 12, 2:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain | 40 min |
| May 12, 3:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 42 min |
| May 12, 3:34 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca | 56 min |
| May 12, 3:44 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 3 hr |
| May 12, 3:50 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 55 min |
| May 12, 3:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 51 min |
| May 12, 3:56 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Portage, Summit | 64 min |
| May 12, 4:08 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit | 67 min |
| May 12, 4:11 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lake and 5 more | 10 hr |
| May 12, 4:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Lake | 46 min |
| May 12, 4:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 41 min |
| May 12, 4:26 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 3 hr |
| May 12, 4:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga, Portage, Trumbull | 51 min |
| May 12, 4:45 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Geauga | 45 min |
| May 12, 4:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Medina, Wayne | 47 min |
| May 12, 5:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 9 hr |
| May 12, 5:43 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 77 min | |
| May 12, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 47 min |
| May 12, 6:38 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Sandusky, Seneca | 3 hr |
| May 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.