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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT for Seneca County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 1, 2026, 1:10 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2026, 11:05 AM EDT (15:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2026, 1:10 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2026, 4:14 AM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Seneca County, OH
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Sandusky River at Tiffin (TFFO1). The gauge peaked at 10.55 ft at Apr 2, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 9 ft
- Moderate stage
- 10.5 ft
- Major stage
- 12 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04197137, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 1, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 7:30 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 OHZ003-006>009-017>019-027-028-036-020800- Lucas-Wood-Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Hancock-Seneca-Huron-Wyandot- Crawford-Marion- 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio and northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Showers and storms are possible on Thursday night ahead of a cold front. Some storms could reach strong to severe limits. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ010>014-020>023-029>033-037-038-047-089-PAZ001>003-020800- Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland-Medina-Summit-Portage- Trumbull-Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie-Crawford- 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-020800- 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- 348 AM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 1, 6:36 AM EDT, 4 hours 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 8:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Seneca, Wyandot | 42 min |
| Mar 31, 8:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Huron, Lorain and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Erie, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Medina, Portage, Summit | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 8:43 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Marion, Morrow, Richland and 2 more | 47 min |
| Mar 31, 8:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Trumbull | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 9:01 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Geauga | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:25 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Knox, Richland, Wayne | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 9:31 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Medina, Portage, Summit, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 9:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning | 36 min |
| Mar 31, 9:43 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | CLE | Holmes, Stark, Wayne | 32 min |
| Mar 31, 10:16 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 10:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 3 hr |
| Mar 31, 11:33 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:02 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 12:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:54 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Mahoning, Trumbull | 5 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:53 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Crawford, Hancock, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot | 16 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:33 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 60 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:11 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Ashland, Holmes, Richland, Stark, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 54 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:25 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 34 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Holmes, Wayne | 9 days |
| Apr 1, 12:41 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Wood | 9 hr |
| Apr 1, 1:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:05 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie | 28 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Portage, Summit | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 2:49 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 19 hr | |
| Apr 1, 4:19 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock, Wood, Wyandot | 10 hr |
| Apr 1, 4:45 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Mahoning, Portage, Stark, Summit, Trumbull | 6 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:23 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Summit | 11 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Crawford, Huron, Richland, Seneca, Wyandot | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:22 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Huron, Lorain, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca | 4 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Hancock | 27 hr |
| Apr 1, 7:34 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lucas, Wood | 5 days |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.