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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Cleveland, OH

May 23, 2026Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2026, 1:24 PM EDT for Holmes County, Wayne County, Ohio. It took effect at May 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2026, 1:24 PM EDT (17:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 27, 2026, 2:09 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Cleveland, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Holmes County, OH, Wayne County, OH

The radar

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Killbuck Creek at Killbuck (KILO1). The gauge peaked at 16.23 ft at May 25, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 18.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03139000, 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 May 23, 11:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 11:21 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 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
May 23, 2:14 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	Marion	31 hr
May 23, 10:18 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	Erie	16 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.