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Flood Watch 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 12, 201328 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Jan 12, 2013, 3:15 AM EST for 28 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2013, 3:15 AM EST (08:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2013, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 9:30 PM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity: None

All 30 counties

Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Crawford County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Hancock County, OH, Holmes County, OH, Huron County, OH, Knox County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Marion County, OH, Medina County, OH, Morrow County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Seneca County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Wyandot County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:13 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jan 11, 11:41 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 11:41 PM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 5:55 AM EST, 21 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
555 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-121100-
LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA-
ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE-TRUMBULL-
WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING-MARION-MORROW-
HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE-SOUTHERN ERIE-
CRAWFORD PA-
555 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL
OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN TODAY MAY PRODUCE BRIEF FLOODING OF POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND
LOW LYING AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THE RAIN TODAY...FRIDAY... WILL RAISE RIVER LEVELS AND SATURATE
THE GROUND IN ADVANCE OF A WETTER RAIN SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
SUNDAY NIGHT. THE RAIN OVER THE WEEKEND WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL
FOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND RIVERS EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-121100-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RIPLEY TO BUFFALO NY-
MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH OH-RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS OH-
THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION OH-VERMILION TO AVON POINT OH-
AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK OH-WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE LAKE OH-GENEVA-
ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT OH-CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM MAUMEE BAY TO RENO BEACH-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM RENO BEACH TO THE ISLANDS-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM THE ISLANDS TO VERMILION-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM VERMILION TO AVON POINT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM AVON POINT TO WILLOWICK-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM WILLOWICK TO GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM GENEVA-ON-THE-LAKE TO CONNEAUT-
LAKE ERIE OPEN WATERS FROM CONNEAUT OH TO RIPLEY NY-
555 AM EST FRI JAN 11 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 11:07 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	4 days
Jan 12, 3:08 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	Ashtabula, Holmes, Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit and 2 more	6 hr
Jan 12, 8:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	41 hr
Jan 12, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	23 hr
Jan 12, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lake	34 hr
Jan 12, 11:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	47 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013 Flood Watches in Pennsylvania, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.