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Gale Watch 4, NWS Cleveland, OH

March 11, 2026

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this gale watch at Mar 11, 2026, 3:39 PM EDT. It took effect at Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

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The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2026, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2026, 4:00 AM EDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this gale 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 gale watch went out at Mar 11, 3:04 PM EDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 3:04 PM EDT, 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 1:33 PM EDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 11, 1:23 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 1:32 PM EDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 11, 2:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 2:55 PM EDT, 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 2:57 PM EDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 11, 3:17 PM EDT, 22 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
Mar 11, 4:01 AM EDT	Small Craft Advisory	CLE		36 hr
Mar 11, 6:14 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula	46 min
Mar 11, 9:20 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Hancock, Wyandot	40 min
Mar 11, 10:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Lake	5 hr
Mar 11, 10:29 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Hancock, Marion, Morrow, Seneca, Wyandot	61 min
Mar 11, 10:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Hancock, Sandusky, Seneca, Wood	44 min
Mar 11, 11:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashland, Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Stark, Summit and 2 more	42 min
Mar 11, 11:04 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Crawford, Erie, Huron, Ottawa, Richland	56 min
Mar 11, 11:21 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		54 min
Mar 11, 11:37 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Ashland, Erie, Lorain, Medina	53 min
Mar 11, 11:40 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Trumbull	50 min
Mar 11, 11:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky	3 hr
Mar 11, 11:57 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Cuyahoga, Medina, Summit, Wayne	48 min
Mar 11, 12:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	Lorain	30 min
Mar 11, 12:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	Cuyahoga	3 hr
Mar 11, 12:07 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		83 min
Mar 11, 12:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	Ashtabula	76 min
Mar 11, 12:22 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CLE		68 min
Mar 11, 12:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	Geauga, Lake, Trumbull	46 min

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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.