Alert archive / Ohio / Flood Watches in 2014
Flood Watch 1, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Feb 19, 2014, 3:53 PM EST for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania; 28 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 3:00 PM EST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 19, 2014, 3:53 PM EST (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2014, 3:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 21, 2014, 9:50 AM EST
- In force
- 19 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 nearest sounding before it
Pittsburgh, PA (KAGC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 80 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
202 WGUS61 KCLE 192053 FFACLE URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 353 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-200500- /O.NEW.KCLE.FA.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 353 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND...ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH... GEAUGA...HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN... LUCAS...MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA... PORTAGE...RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT... TRUMBULL...WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING. * A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WILL BE RELEASED BY THE MELTING SNOW AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN ON THURSDAY. RAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOOD THEREAT. ANY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SOME RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. ICE JAM FLOODING CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY AND MAKE FOR A MORE DANGEROUS FLOOD RISK. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING ON STREAMS AND RIVERS...FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
7 follow-up statements
347 WGUS61 KCLE 200337 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1037 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... .A STRONG SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BE DEVELOPING ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA AND A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH A HEAVY SNOW PACK...PLENTY OF ICE ON RIVERS,..STREAMS AND CREEKS...THE WARMING AND UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN WILL CAUSE RISES IN RIVERS...STREAMS AND CREEKS AND SOME WILL FLOOD AND SOME ICE JAM FLOODING WILL ALSO DEVELOP. SOME ROADS AND BASEMENT FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THE GROUND FROZEN. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-201145- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 1037 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING. * A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WILL BE RELEASED BY THE MELTING SNOW AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN ON THURSDAY. RAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOOD THREAT. ANY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SOME RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. ICE JAM FLOODING CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY AND MAKE FOR A MORE DANGEROUS FLOOD RISK. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING ON STREAMS AND RIVERS... FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
640 WGUS61 KCLE 201032 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 532 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... .RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TODAY AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH OF LAKE ERIE. A SECONDARY ROUND OF RAIN WILL ACCOMPANY A COLD FRONT SWEEPING EAST ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT. MOST AREAS WILL RECEIVE BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH OF RAIN...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. ADDITIONAL RUN OFF WILL BE RELEASED FROM THE MELTING SNOW PACK AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH 50 DEGREES BY THIS EVENING. WITH THE GROUND FROZEN...RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO RISES ON AREA RIVERS. MOST RIVERS CONTAIN A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ICE WHICH COULD BREAK UP AND JAM AS RIVERS RISE AND TEMPERATURES WARM. PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SNOW CONTINUES TO BLOCK DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-202200- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 532 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING. * NEW RAINFALL OF A HALF TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED. LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THUNDERSTORMS. * A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF WATER WILL BE RELEASED BY THE MELTING SNOW AS WARMER TEMPERATURES MOVE IN ON THURSDAY. RAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOOD THREAT AND ANY HEAVY RAIN COULD PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. SOME RIVER FLOODING IS LIKELY. ICE JAM FLOODING CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY AND MAKE FOR A MORE DANGEROUS FLOOD RISK. IN ADDITION TO FLOODING ON STREAMS AND RIVERS... FLOODING OF BASEMENTS AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS IS ALSO POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
436 WGUS61 KCLE 201451 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 951 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY... .RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD ACROSS ALL OF NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MELT AND WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE WATER RUNOFF ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GROUND WILL REMAIN FROZEN. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS POSE A THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED FLOODING. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-202300- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.140220T2000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 951 AM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * FROM 3 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO PRODUCE FLOODING. PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SNOW AND ICE MAY CONTINUE TO BLOCK SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. * RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVIER RAIN WILL PRODUCE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
965 WGUS61 KCLE 202000 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 300 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP OVER ILLINOIS AND INDIANA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EASTWARD INTO NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MELT AND WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE WATER RUNOFF ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GROUND WILL REMAIN FROZEN. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS POSE A THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED FLOODING. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-210400- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 300 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SNOW AND ICE MAY CONTINUE TO BLOCK SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
829 WGUS61 KCLE 210240 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 940 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO MELT AND WILL CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE WATER RUNOFF ESPECIALLY SINCE THE GROUND WILL REMAIN FROZEN. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS POSE A THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED FLOODING. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-211045- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 940 PM EST THU FEB 20 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * A COMBINATION OF MELTING SNOW AND RAIN WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING THIS EVENING INTO FRIDAY. ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS WILL ADD TO THE FLOODING PROBLEMS. PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND BASEMENTS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SNOW AND ICE MAY CONTINUE TO BLOCK SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. * ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE A RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
430 WGUS61 KCLE 210949 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 449 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FLOODING FROM SNOWMELT...RAIN...AND ICE JAMS POSSIBLE INTO FRIDAY... .RAIN WILL EXIT TO THE EAST THIS MORNING WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. LOCATIONS RECEIVED BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN ON THURSDAY AND RUN OFF FROM RAIN AND SNOW MELT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANNEL INTO AREA WATERWAYS TODAY. AS FLOWS INCREASE...THERE REMAINS A THREAT OF ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS. OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-211500- /O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 449 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN OHIO...ASHLAND...ASHTABULA INLAND... ASHTABULA LAKESHORE...CRAWFORD...CUYAHOGA...ERIE OH...GEAUGA... HANCOCK...HOLMES...HURON...KNOX...LAKE...LORAIN...LUCAS... MAHONING...MARION...MEDINA...MORROW...OTTAWA...PORTAGE... RICHLAND...SANDUSKY...SENECA...STARK...SUMMIT...TRUMBULL... WAYNE...WOOD AND WYANDOT. IN NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA...CRAWFORD PA...NORTHERN ERIE AND SOUTHERN ERIE. * UNTIL 10 AM EST THIS MORNING * RUN OFF FROM MELTING SNOW AND RAIN OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WILL PRODUCE A THREAT OF FLOODING TODAY. PONDING OF WATER AND FLOODING OF SOME ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE AS SNOW AND ICE MAY CONTINUE TO BLOCK SOME DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. ICE JAMS REMAIN A THREAT AS AREA RIVERS RISE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES && $$
943 WGUS61 KCLE 211450 FFACLE FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 950 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-211600- /O.CAN.KCLE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-140221T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LUCAS-WOOD-OTTAWA-SANDUSKY-ERIE OH-LORAIN-CUYAHOGA-LAKE-GEAUGA- ASHTABULA INLAND-HANCOCK-SENECA-HURON-MEDINA-SUMMIT-PORTAGE- TRUMBULL-WYANDOT-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-ASHLAND-WAYNE-STARK-MAHONING- MARION-MORROW-HOLMES-KNOX-ASHTABULA LAKESHORE-NORTHERN ERIE- SOUTHERN ERIE-CRAWFORD PA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TOLEDO...BOWLING GREEN...PORT CLINTON... FREMONT...SANDUSKY...LORAIN...CLEVELAND...MENTOR...CHARDON... JEFFERSON...FINDLAY...TIFFIN...NORWALK...MEDINA...AKRON... RAVENNA...WARREN...UPPER SANDUSKY...CAREY...BUCYRUS...MANSFIELD... ASHLAND...WOOSTER...CANTON...YOUNGSTOWN...MARION...MOUNT GILEAD... MILLERSBURG...MOUNT VERNON...ASHTABULA...ERIE...EDINBORO... MEADVILLE 950 AM EST FRI FEB 21 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. EVEN THOUGH THE FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED...THERE IS STILL A THREAT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. THESE FLOODING EVENTS WILL BE HANDLED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS ICE JAMS DEVELOP AND POTENTIAL FLOODING OCCURS. IF YOU LIVE NEAR MAIN STEM RIVERS WHERE ICE JAMMING HAS BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE PAST...ALWAYS REMAIN AWARE THAT POSSIBLE ICE JAMS COULD OCCUR CAUSING RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE MADE TO GATHER NEEDED PERSONAL BELONGINGS IN THE EVENT EVACUATION IS NECESSARY. $$ LOMBARDY
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 Feb 19, 12:09 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 12:09 PM EST, 3 hours 44 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1209 PM EST WED FEB 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD EAST ACROSS THE AREA BY THIS EVENING. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY MORNING AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE LOW WILL DEEPEN AND MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES THURSDAY NIGHT. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING BRINGING A RETURN BACK TO THE COLDER AIR FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... THE WEAK COLD FRONT IS EAST OF THE AREA. TRAILING SHORT WAVE OVER NORTHERN INDIANA WILL CROSS EXTREME NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW SNOW SHOWERS HAVE DEVELOPED OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. WILL MENTION A RAIN OR SNOW SHOWER FOR THE LAKE SHORE COUNTIES THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR NEAR THE HIGHS FOR THE DAY BY LATE MORNING. WITH COLD ADVECTION THIS AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BACK A FEW DEGREES WHERE THERE ARE ENOUGH CLOUDS AND A SHOWER. ELSEWHERE THE TEMPS WILL BE NEARLY STEADY. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WILL MOVE EAST ALLOWING UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BUILD INTO THE REGION TONIGHT ALONG WITH SURFACE RIDGE. MORE TROUGHINESS DIGGING IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS REGION AND THEN WESTERN GREAT LAKES WILL SET IN MOTION THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE FOR THE CLASSIC PANHANDLE HOOK. THE TRACK OF THE STORM WILL BE CLOSER TO THE TYPICAL FALL TRACK WHERE THE CENTER STAYS WEST OF THE LOCAL AREA KEEPING THIS AREA IN THE WARM SECTOR. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING. TEMPERATURES UPSTREAM APPEAR TO BE QUITE MILD CONSIDERING THE EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK IN PLACE OVER A LARGE PART OF THE NORTHERN U.S. THINKING IS THAT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE AN EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK AS WELL...INCREASED GRADIENT WINDS WILL LIKELY PUSH TEMPERATURES WELL INTO THE 50S OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA AND AROUND 50 ELSEWHERE. DUE TO THE INSTABILITY EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG OR AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. CURRENT UPPER AIR SOUNDINGS INDICATE QUITE A BIT OF SHEAR. IF THIS HODOGRAPH REMAINS PRESENT THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF THE COLD FRONT...POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. ACTUALLY...LATEST DAY TWO OUTLOOK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS THE WESTERN HALF OF OUR FORECAST AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. AS ALWAYS...WILL HAVE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. I CANT REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE HAD AN EXTENSIVE SNOW PACK ON THE GROUND AND WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT SEVERE WEATHER. WILL SEE HOW MUCH SNOW PACK AS AN EFFECT ON REDUCING SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. LATEST GUIDANCE IS NOT IN AGREEMENT ON HOW MUCH QPF WE WILL RECEIVE WITH THE STORM SYSTEM ON THURSDAY. SOME INDICATIONS ARE THAT WE WILL GET A QUICK SHOT OF RAIN AND THEN BEGIN TO QUICKLY DRY SLOT WITH THE COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN SOLUTIONS APPEAR TO BE THE WETTEST...WHILE THE SREF AND NAM ARE DRIER. WILL TAKE THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND GO WITH QPF AMOUNTS OF AROUND A HALF AN INCH ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. SNOW PACK CONTAINS A LOT OF DRY SNOW WITHIN IT AND CAN HOLD A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN BEFORE RUNOFF BEGINS. AT THIS TIME...WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY FLOOD WATCHES DUE TO THE POSSIBILITY OF A QUICK SHOT OF RAIN ON THE SNOW PACK. WARMER TEMPERATURES YESTERDAY THROUGH TOMORROW WILL CAUSE SNOW PACK TO MOISTEN UP A BIT. CRITICAL INGREDIENTS FOR FLOOD POTENTIAL WILL BE THE WET BULB TEMPERATURE AND WINDS. WET BULBS ARE PROGGED TO BE ABOVE FREEZING SO WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SEE SNOW MELT THROUGH FRIDAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 KNOTS WILL ACT AS A WARM BLOW DRIER ON THE SNOW PACK AND THIS COULD VERY WELL CAUSE THE SNOW PACK TO MELT AT A FASTER THAN USUAL RATE. RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS ON RIVERS DUE TO THE ICE COVER. IF THE DRY SLOT SHOOTS IN HERE FAST LIKE THE NAM SUGGESTS THEN QPF AMOUNTS WILL BE MUCH LIGHTER. ONCE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT...WE WILL SEE A RETURN BACK TO SOME FAIR WEATHER AND SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR HIGHS AND LOWS. MUCH COOLER AIR REALLY DOES NOT ARRIVE UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT SO WILL ADJUST TEMPERATURES ACCORDINGLY. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE DIFFERENCES IN THE LONG TERM SO CONFIDENCE IS BELOW AVERAGE TODAY. ABOUT THE ONLY THING THAT IS CERTAIN IS THAT TEMPS WILL RETURN TO BELOW NORMAL DURING THE PERIOD. SOME OF THE GUIDANCE IS HINTING AT A WEAK WAVE PASSING JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SUNDAY. MOISTURE APPEARS TO BE LIMITED SO WILL KEEP THINGS DRY FOR NOW. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOMETIME SUNDAY NIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. AGAIN IT LOOKS FAIRLY DRY AND WILL LIMIT PRECIP CHANCES TO FAR NE OH AND NW PA. IT APPEARS THE BEST CHANCES FOR PRECIP DURING THE PERIOD WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS ANOTHER WAVES MOVES THROUGH IN THE FAST FLOW ALOFT. HIGH TEMPS BOTH MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE AT LEAST 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A COLD FRONT IS JUST ABOUT TO ENTER THE WEST END OF THE AREA. CURRENTLY NO PRECIP AND VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF CLOUDINESS ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT. NEW GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME MVFR CIGS DEVELOPING LATER THIS MORNING OVER THE SE END OF THE AREA AS THE FRONT ARRIVES. WILL GO WITH A TEMPO MENTION OF MVFR CIGS FOR A FEW HOURS AT KMFD...KCAK AND KYNG. THERE COULD BE SOME VFR CIGS ELSEWHERE THROUGH ABOUT 18Z AND THEN EXPECTING NO MORE THAN SOME HIGH CLOUDS. SW FLOW WILL BECOME WEST BEHIND THE FRONT AND THEN SOUTHERLY AGAIN TONIGHT. JUST SOME HIGH CLOUDINESS EXPECTED TONIGHT. OUTLOOK...NON-VFR REDEVELOPING THURSDAY AND CONTINUING THURSDAY NIGHT...LINGERING IN NE OH/NW PA INTO FRIDAY. SOME NON-VFR POSSIBLE SUNDAY. && .MARINE... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS THE LAKE THIS MORNING CAUSING THE FLOW TO BECOME WESTERLY. THE FLOW WILL BECOME EAST TO SOUTHEAST BY DAYBREAK THURSDAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES OVER THE WESTERN LAKES. EXPECT SPEEDS TO GRADUALLY INCREASE. SPEEDS WILL BECOME SOUTHERLY LATE THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THE FRONT WILL EVENTUALLY CROSS THE LAKE THURSDAY NIGHT. SOUTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT WILL INCREASE TO NEAR GALE FORCE FRIDAY. SPEEDS WILL DIMINISH FRIDAY NIGHT WITH WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW THEN EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .CLE WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. MARINE...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...KOSARIK NEAR TERM...KOSARIK SHORT TERM...LOMBARDY LONG TERM...KUBINA AVIATION...KUBINA MARINE...KUBINA
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 19, 4:33 AM EST, 11 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 433 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-200945- 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- 433 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHEAST OHIO...NORTHWEST OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE RUNOFF INTO STREAMS AND CREEKS LATE THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING IS HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH RAINFALL OCCURS AND HOW FAST THE SNOW MELTS. AT THIS TIME...THE COMPUTER MODELS ARE CONSIDERABLY DIFFERENT IN THE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL EXPECTED. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FLOODING FROM RUN OFF AND ICE JAMMING IF SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCUR ALONG WITH RAPID SNOW MELT. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-200945- 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- 433 AM EST WED FEB 19 2014 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE LIKELY ON FRIDAY. .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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 3:43 PM EST | Gale Watch | CLE | 18 hr |
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