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Special Weather Statement, NWS Cleveland, OH

April 3, 2026Erie County, Pennsylvania

NWS Cleveland, OH issued this special weather statement at Apr 3, 2026, 3:37 AM EDT for Erie County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 38 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2026, 3:37 AM EDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2026, 4:15 AM EDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Cleveland, OH
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
50

County Erie County, PA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Apr 3, 2:48 AM EDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 2:48 AM EDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:55 AM EDT, 42 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 3:37 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Richland40 min
Apr 3, 3:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEPortage39 min
Apr 3, 4:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLETrumbull25 min
Apr 3, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Wayne45 min
Apr 3, 4:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEMedina, Stark, Summit, Wayne29 min
Apr 3, 4:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLECrawford, Marion47 min
Apr 3, 5:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMahoning33 min
Apr 3, 5:21 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Medina, Richland, Stark, Summit, Wayne108 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland, Morrow, Richland, Wayne45 min
Apr 3, 5:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEMahoning, Portage, Stark3 hr
Apr 3, 5:46 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Knox, Morrow, Richland44 min
Apr 3, 6:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Wayne46 min
Apr 3, 6:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Richland34 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Stark and 1 more48 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes52 min
Apr 3, 6:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEStark48 min
Apr 3, 7:09 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Medina, Richland, Stark, Summit, Wayne9 hr
Apr 3, 7:16 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEHolmes44 min
Apr 3, 7:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEMorrow45 min
Apr 3, 7:36 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningCLEAshland, Holmes, Knox, Morrow, Richland, Stark and 1 more10 hr
Apr 3, 7:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningCLEHolmes37 min
Apr 3, 7:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementCLEAshland62 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.