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Areal Flood Warning 3, NWS Cleveland, OH

January 24, 2019Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood warning at Jan 24, 2019, 5:50 AM EST for Erie County, Lorain County, Ohio. It was in force for 12 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
Jan 24, 2019, 5:50 AM EST (10:50 UTC)
Expired
Jan 24, 2019, 5:45 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Erie County, OH, Lorain County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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 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 Jan 24, 5:09 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 5:09 AM EST, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 2:45 PM EST, 15 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
245 PM EST Wed Jan 23 2019

OHZ009>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-241945-
Erie-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-
245 PM EST Wed Jan 23 2019

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast
Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-241945-
Lake Erie open waters from Ripley to Buffalo NY-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the Lake OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie nearshore waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
Lake Erie open waters from Maumee Bay to Reno Beach OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Reno Beach to The Islands OH-
Lake Erie open waters from The Islands to Vermilion OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Vermilion to Avon Point OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Avon Point to Willowick OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Willowick to Geneva-on-the-Lake OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Geneva-on-the-Lake to Conneaut OH-
Lake Erie open waters from Conneaut OH to Ripley NY-
245 PM EST Wed Jan 23 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 24, 5:12 AM EST, 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 7:17 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEHancock27 hr
Jan 23, 8:08 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLELake12 hr
Jan 23, 9:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLECuyahoga26 hr
Jan 23, 9:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEMarion57 hr
Jan 23, 9:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEHolmes, Wayne5 days
Jan 23, 10:31 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLEErie9 hr
Jan 23, 10:44 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie6 hr
Jan 23, 11:56 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningCLEErie, Lorain6 hr
Jan 24, 12:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull3 days
Jan 24, 3:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLEStark14 hr
Jan 24, 3:24 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLESandusky, Wood41 hr
Jan 24, 7:56 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningCLELake6 hr
Jan 24, 11:45 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningCLETrumbull30 hr
Jan 24, 2:27 PM ESTWind Chill AdvisoryCLEAshland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 13 more22 hr
Jan 24, 4:32 AM ESTWinter Storm WatchCLEErie23 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2019Every areal flood warning in 2019

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.