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Areal Flood Warning 27, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 12, 2014Erie County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at May 12, 2014, 10:04 PM EDT for Erie County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 10:04 PM EDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: May 13, 2014, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Erie County, OH

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at May 12, 9:19 PM EDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:19 PM EDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 9:12 AM EDT, 12 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
912 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-131315-
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-
912 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING
COULD BE SEVERE. THE GREATEST THREAT WOULD BE FROM LARGE HAIL OR
DAMAGING WINDS. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THERE WILL BE PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-131315-
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-
912 AM EDT MON MAY 12 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR LAKE ERIE.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 12, 5:23 PM EDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 8:53 PM EDT, 1 hour 11 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
May 12, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	45 min
May 12, 8:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	6 hr
May 12, 8:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Erie, Huron, Lorain, Medina	44 min
May 12, 8:41 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	49 min
May 12, 8:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	7 hr
May 12, 8:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	39 hr
May 12, 8:54 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Erie, Lorain	39 hr
May 12, 8:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina	48 min
May 12, 9:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	38 min
May 12, 9:14 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	31 min
May 12, 9:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Summit	31 min
May 12, 9:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Summit	42 min
May 12, 9:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Medina, Wayne	45 min
May 12, 9:51 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	Portage, Stark, Summit	39 min
May 12, 9:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Geauga, Portage, Trumbull	6 hr
May 12, 10:12 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Stark, Wayne	8 hr
May 12, 10:21 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Portage, Trumbull	8 hr
May 12, 10:43 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	Mahoning	7 hr
May 12, 10:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Summit	11 hr
May 12, 10:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	13 hr
May 13, 12:20 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	29 hr
May 13, 1:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	33 hr
May 13, 3:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Lorain, Medina, Summit	16 hr
May 13, 4:11 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	6 hr
May 13, 4:13 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain and 7 more	17 hr
May 13, 9:57 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	14 hr
May 13, 3:11 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		2 hr
May 13, 5:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Lucas, Wood	44 min
May 13, 5:18 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		117 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.