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Small Craft Advisory 15, NWS Cleveland, OH
NWS Cleveland, OH issued this small craft advisory at Apr 1, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT. It took effect at Apr 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2026, 2:49 PM EDT (18:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 1, 2026, 8:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:04 AM EDT
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Cleveland, OH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this small craft 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 small craft advisory went out at Apr 1, 2:01 PM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 2:01 PM EDT, 48 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Cleveland OH 208 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 OHZ003-006-017-021815- Lucas-Wood-Hancock- 208 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. On going areal flooding and elevated water levels on streams and rivers from recent heavy rainfall will continue into tonight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to continue for the rest of today into tonight with additional light to moderate rainfall that may slow down the excess runoff water from draining out of local river basins. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Isolated to widely scattered thunderstorms are possible Thursday night ahead of a cold front. A couple thunderstorms could be strong to severe late Thursday evening and overnight across northwest Ohio before the cold front weakens and stalls out Friday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ007>014-018>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-021815- Ottawa-Sandusky-Erie-Lorain-Cuyahoga-Lake-Geauga-Ashtabula Inland- Seneca-Huron-Medina-Summit-Portage-Trumbull-Wyandot-Crawford- Richland-Ashland-Wayne-Stark-Mahoning-Marion-Morrow-Holmes-Knox- Ashtabula Lakeshore-Northern Erie-Southern Erie- 208 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for north central Ohio, northeast Ohio, northwest Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. On going areal flooding and elevated water levels on streams and rivers from recent heavy rainfall will continue into tonight. Scattered showers and isolated thunderstorms are expected to continue for the rest of today into tonight with additional light to moderate rainfall that may slow down the excess runoff water from draining out of local river basins. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. LEZ061-142>149-162>169-021815- 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- 208 PM EDT Wed Apr 1 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Lake Erie. .DAY ONE...This afternoon 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, 9:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 19 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, 11:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Seneca | 4 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, 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.