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Flood Watch 2, NWS Cleveland, OH

June 30, 2025Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Jun 30, 2025, 1:21 PM EDT for Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It took effect at Jun 30, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2025, 1:21 PM EDT (17:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2025, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired
Jun 30, 2025, 10:00 PM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Flood severity
None

Counties Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Buffalo Intl Airport, NY (KBUF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 134 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Buffalo Intl Airport, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1304 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 30, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 9:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:45 AM EDT, 7 hours 36 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Cleveland OH
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 30 2025

OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-010945-
Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-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-
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 30 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today.
Storms during the afternoon and evening hours could reach strong to
severe limits with damaging wind gusts as the main storm threat.
Storms could also produce brief, heavy rainfall, which could lead to
localized flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

LEZ061-142>149-162>169-010945-
Ripley to Buffalo NY extending from 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-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-
Detroit River Lt. to Maumee Bay OH to Reno Beach OH beyond 5NM
offshoreline to US-Canadian border-
Reno Beach to The Islands OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
The Islands to Vermilion OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Vermilion to Avon Point OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
Avon Point to Willowick OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-Willowick to Geneva-on-the-
Lake OH beyond 5NM off shoreline to US-Canadian border-Geneva-on-the-
Lake to Conneaut OH beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-Canadian border-
Conneaut OH to Ripley NY beyond 5 nm off shoreline to US-
Canadian border-
545 AM EDT Mon Jun 30 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today.
Storms during the afternoon and evening hours could reach strong to
severe limits with damaging wind gusts as the main storm threat.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday.

Hazardous weather is not expected at this time.

.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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE92 min
Jun 30, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes39 min
Jun 30, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECuyahoga45 min
Jun 30, 3:59 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE61 min
Jun 30, 4:19 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE56 min
Jun 30, 4:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLELorain43 min
Jun 30, 5:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLECuyahoga, Medina, Summit3 hr
Jun 30, 5:45 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEGeauga, Portage3 hr
Jun 30, 6:06 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEGeauga, Portage, Summit3 hr
Jun 30, 6:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes, Stark39 min
Jun 30, 7:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEHolmes, Knox3 hr
Jun 30, 7:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMarion43 min
Jun 30, 4:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie39 min
Jun 30, 5:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEErie27 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.