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Frost Advisory 1, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 18, 2026Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this frost advisory at Apr 18, 2026, 1:29 PM EDT for Lucas County, Wood County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 19, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2026, 1:29 PM EDT (17:29 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 19, 2026, 9:38 AM EDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH

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 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this frost advisory 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 frost advisory went out at Apr 18, 6:51 AM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 6:51 AM EDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 18, 1:29 PM EDTFreeze WatchCLEAshland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more11 hr
Apr 18, 1:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEGeauga, Portage, Trumbull40 min
Apr 18, 2:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull38 min
Apr 18, 2:47 PM EDTSmall Craft AdvisoryCLE32 hr
Apr 18, 2:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford44 min
Apr 18, 3:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEErie45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.