River Flood Warning 16, NWS Cleveland, OH

Issued

Mar 1, 2012, 12:20 AM EST (05:20 UTC)

Expired

Mar 1, 2012, 4:46 AM EST

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Cleveland, OH

Flood severity

Minor

County Mahoning County, OH

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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.

Written for the forecast point Mahoning River at Youngstown (YGWO1). The gauge peaked at 10.19 ft at Mar 1, 2012, 1:00 AM EST.

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.

402 
WGUS41 KCLE 010520
FLWCLE
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
1220 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012

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

  MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN
  EAGLE CREEK AT PHALANX STATION

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.


&&

OHC099-011320-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0016.120301T0520Z-120301T1531Z/
/YGWO1.1.ER.120301T0437Z.120301T0600Z.120301T0931Z.NO/
1220 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL THIS MORNING
* AT 11:00 PM WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.5 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LAST NIGHT AND CONTINUE TO 
  RISE TO NEAR 11.2 FEET BY EARLY THIS MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL 
  BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THIS MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOWLAND AREAS NEAR YOUNGSTOWN.  
  LOW LYING SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.

$$

OHC155-011319-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0017.120301T0520Z-120302T0818Z/
/PHAO1.1.ER.120301T0451Z.120301T1200Z.120302T0218Z.UU/
1220 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE EAGLE CREEK AT PHALANX STATION
* FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL LATE TONIGHT
* AT 12:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.6 FEET 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.5 FEET 
* THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 11.0 FEET BY THIS MORNING. 
  THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT.
* AT 11.0 FEET...BARCLAY-MESSERLY ROAD AND MCCONNELL EAST ROADS WILL 
  BE FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE. 

$$

281 
WGUS81 KCLE 010946
FLSCLE
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
446 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED 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.


&&

OHC099-011016-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120301T1531Z/
/YGWO1.1.ER.000000T0000Z.120301T0600Z.120301T0720Z.NO/
446 AM EST THU MAR 1 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE MAHONING RIVER AT YOUNGSTOWN.
* AT  4:00 AM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  2:20 AM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.3 FEET BY FRIDAY 
  MORNING.
* AT 10.0 FEET...FLOODING OCCURS IN LOWLAND AREAS NEAR YOUNGSTOWN.  
  LOW LYING SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE FLOODED.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.