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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 2, 2024Seneca County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2024, 6:26 PM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 2, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2024, 6:26 PM EDT (22:26 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 2, 2024, 9:12 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2024, 6:05 PM EDT
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Seneca County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sandusky River at Tiffin (TFFO1). The gauge peaked at 9.76 ft at Apr 4, 2024, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 9 ft
Moderate stage: 10.5 ft
Major stage: 12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04197137, 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 Apr 2, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 3:35 PM EDT, 2 hours 51 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
Apr 1, 9:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Holmes	43 min
Apr 1, 10:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Holmes, Knox	45 min
Apr 1, 11:33 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Marion	57 min
Apr 1, 11:51 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Trumbull	58 hr
Apr 2, 12:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Knox	45 min
Apr 2, 5:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Holmes, Wayne	6 days
Apr 2, 7:43 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Hancock	28 hr
Apr 2, 7:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland	4 hr
Apr 2, 8:09 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	47 hr
Apr 2, 11:02 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Lorain	45 hr
Apr 2, 11:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga, Summit	11 hr
Apr 2, 11:23 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Cuyahoga	11 hr
Apr 2, 11:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Sandusky, Wood	48 hr
Apr 2, 1:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Erie	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.