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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 14, 2011Mahoning County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2011, 11:40 PM EDT for Mahoning County, Ohio. It took effect at May 14, 2011, 11:54 PM EDT. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 14, 2011, 11:40 PM EDT (03:40 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2011, 11:54 PM EDT
Expired: May 15, 2011, 4:46 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity: Minor

County Mahoning County, OH

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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 Mahoning River at Youngstown (YGWO1). The gauge peaked at 10.50 ft at May 15, 2011, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03098600, 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.

904 
WGUS41 KCLE 150340
FLWCLE
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1140 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

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

  MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN

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.


&&

OHC099-151140-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0094.110515T0354Z-110515T1352Z/
/YGWO1.1.ER.110515T0354Z.110515T0600Z.110515T0752Z.NO/
1140 PM EDT SAT MAY 14 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL SUNDAY MORNING
* AT 11:00 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.6 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT TO NEAR 10.5 FEET. 
  THE RIVER WILL BEGIN TO FALL SUNDAY MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOWLAND AREAS NEAR YOUNGSTOWN.  
  LOW LYING SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.

$$

1 follow-up statement

621 
WGUS81 KCLE 150846
FLSCLE
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
446 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011

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

  MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN

&&

OHC099-150916-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FL.W.0094.000000T0000Z-110515T1352Z/
/YGWO1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
446 AM EDT SUN MAY 15 2011

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN.
* AT 4:00 AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED OVERNIGHT AND WILL REMAIN BELOW 
  FLOOD STAGE TODAY.

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 14, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga	4 hr
May 14, 11:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	6 hr
May 14, 11:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	5 hr
May 15, 12:36 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		4 days
May 15, 3:59 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	20 hr

Nearby

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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.