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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH

July 26, 2012Geauga County, Portage County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at Jul 26, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT for Geauga County, Portage County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 2012, 7:33 PM EDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2012, 9:57 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Geauga County, OH, Portage County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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 Cuyahoga River at Old Portage (OLPO1).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10.5 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04206000, 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.

521 
WGUS41 KCLE 262333
FLWCLE
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
733 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

  CUYAHOGA RIVER AT OLD PORTAGE

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.


&&

OHC055-133-153-270733-
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0027.120726T2333Z-120727T1041Z/
/OLPO1.1.ER.120726T2327Z.120727T0200Z.120727T0441Z.NO/
733 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AT OLD PORTAGE
* FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
* AT  7:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS...10.3 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST 
* THE RIVER WILL RISE TO AROUND 11.5 FEET EARLY TONIGHT THEN FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE     TONIGHT.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET 
* AT 11.0 FEET...FLOODWATERS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT AREAS ALONG THE 
  CUYAHOGA RIVER IN CUYAHOGA FALLS AND IN MUNROE FALLS NEAR KENNEDY 
  PARK.

$$
1 follow-up statement
594 
WGUS81 KCLE 270157
FLSCLE
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
957 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

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

  CUYAHOGA RIVER AT OLD PORTAGE

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.


&&

OHC055-133-153-270227-
/O.CAN.KCLE.FL.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120727T1041Z/
/OLPO1.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
957 PM EDT THU JUL 26 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE CUYAHOGA RIVER AT OLD PORTAGE.
* AT  9:00 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.5 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 10.3 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 3.1 FEET BY 9 AM FRIDAY.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 10:05 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE22 hr
Jul 26, 2:55 AM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE110 min
Jul 26, 1:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull45 min
Jul 26, 1:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage, Summit48 min
Jul 26, 1:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshtabula60 min
Jul 26, 1:21 PM EDTTornado WarningCLEAshtabula, Trumbull24 min
Jul 26, 1:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEWayne52 min
Jul 26, 1:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEStark47 min
Jul 26, 2:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning47 min
Jul 26, 3:10 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLESummit50 min
Jul 26, 3:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox, Morrow52 min
Jul 26, 4:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEKnox44 min
Jul 26, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes41 min
Jul 26, 5:35 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE85 min
Jul 26, 5:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMedina, Summit3 hr
Jul 26, 5:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie, Lorain36 min
Jul 26, 5:55 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEPortage37 min
Jul 26, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMahoning35 min
Jul 26, 6:46 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE52 min
Jul 26, 6:50 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLECuyahoga, Geauga, Lake40 min

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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.