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Flood Watch 3, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this flood watch at Jul 6, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT for 20 counties in Ohio; Crawford County, Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 6, 2026, 2:21 AM EDT (06:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2026, 7:23 PM EDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Flood severity
- None
All 22 counties
Ashland County, OH, Ashtabula County, OH, Cuyahoga County, OH, Erie County, OH, Geauga County, OH, Huron County, OH, Lake County, OH, Lorain County, OH, Lucas County, OH, Mahoning County, OH, Medina County, OH, Ottawa County, OH, Portage County, OH, Richland County, OH, Sandusky County, OH, Stark County, OH, Summit County, OH, Trumbull County, OH, Wayne County, OH, Wood County, OH, Crawford County, PA, Erie County, PA
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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
Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -113 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.8
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 Jul 6, 1:51 AM EDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 1:51 AM EDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 1032 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 LEZ061-142>149-162>169-OHZ003-006-008-011>014-017>023-027>033- 036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-070245- 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-Lucas-Wood-Sandusky-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- 1032 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie, north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ007-009-010-070245- Ottawa-Erie-Lorain- 1032 PM EDT Sun Jul 5 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. There is a moderate risk for rip currents along Lake Erie beaches tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. There is a moderate risk for rip currents along Lake Erie beaches on Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 5, 10:14 PM EDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Cleveland, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Huron, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 9:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 3 hr |
| Jul 5, 11:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:06 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 84 min | |
| Jul 6, 12:40 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 12:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:32 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 99 min | |
| Jul 6, 3:09 AM EDT | Beach Hazards Statement | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain, Lucas, Ottawa | 19 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 19 hr | |
| Jul 6, 5:52 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 12 hr |
| Jul 6, 7:56 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 10:43 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:25 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 5 hr |
| Jul 6, 11:58 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | CLE | Sandusky | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 1:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:14 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Lake | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:42 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:47 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 42 min |
| Jul 6, 2:49 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Geauga, Trumbull | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:28 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Trumbull | 47 min |
| Jul 6, 3:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula | 4 hr |
| Jul 6, 4:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ottawa | 15 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lake | 104 min |
| Jul 6, 2:32 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie | 2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.