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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Cleveland, OH

October 5, 20137 counties in Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flash flood watch at Oct 5, 2013, 3:33 PM EDT for 7 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Oct 6, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2013, 3:33 PM EDT (19:33 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2013, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired: Oct 6, 2013, 9:04 PM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity: None

Counties Hancock County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Oct 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 1:52 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 12:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Wood	3 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.