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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 4, 2023Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2023, 5:39 PM EST for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 4, 2023, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2023, 5:39 PM EST (22:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2023, 7:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 6, 2023, 6:42 AM EST
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lucas County, OH, Wood County, OH

The radar

The Detroit radar (KDTX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maumee River at Waterville (WTVO1). The gauge peaked at 11.57 ft at Mar 5, 2023, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04193500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Mar 4, 3:32 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 3:32 PM EST, 2 hours 7 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
Mar 3, 7:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Stark	26 hr
Mar 3, 8:42 PM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	25 hr
Mar 4, 1:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Crawford, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland	4 hr
Mar 4, 2:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	33 hr
Mar 4, 5:34 AM EST	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	28 hr
Mar 4, 11:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	Ashland	7 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.