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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 24, 2026Cuyahoga County, Summit County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this areal flood advisory at Apr 24, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT for Cuyahoga County, Summit County, Ohio. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2026, 4:26 PM EDT (20:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2026, 6:54 PM EDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Cuyahoga County, OH, Summit County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 279 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 49 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
49 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 2:47 PM EDTSpecial Marine WarningCLE88 min
Apr 24, 4:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga38 min
Apr 24, 5:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull62 min
Apr 24, 6:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLESandusky51 min
Apr 24, 6:43 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLESandusky, Seneca3 hr

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.