Alert archive / Ohio / 2012
Weather alerts in Ohio, October 2012
101 weather alerts in October 2012, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in October 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 101
- Warnings
- 32
- Watches
- 17
- Advisories
- 35
- Busiest day
- October 14, 201212 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 3:25 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 24 hr | |
| Oct 5, 4:13 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 48 hr | |
| Oct 6, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 6, 4:11 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:50 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:37 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Morgan, Perry | 23 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:38 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 7, 3:32 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Hamilton, Highland, Pike and 2 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:02 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:05 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | CLE | Ashland, Crawford, Erie, Hancock, Holmes, Huron and 18 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 7, 4:16 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:06 AM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Licking | 10 hr |
| Oct 8, 11:57 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Delaware and 11 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 2:03 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Hocking, Licking, Pickaway and 3 more | 19 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:06 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Geauga, Hancock, Holmes and 18 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:07 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Athens, Jackson, Morgan, Perry, Vinton, Washington | 18 hr |
| Oct 8, 10:22 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Geauga, Holmes, Knox, Mahoning and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:35 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 21 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:37 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Delaware and 11 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 9, 10:34 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Pike, Scioto | 11 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:17 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Delaware and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 10, 3:51 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 59 hr | |
| Oct 10, 4:14 AM EDT | Freeze Warning | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 11, 10:11 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 24 hr | |
| Oct 11, 3:42 PM EDT | Freeze Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Oct 12, 2:52 PM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Franklin, Pickaway | 18 hr |
| Oct 12, 3:06 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 1 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 13, 4:18 PM EDT | Gale Watch | CLE | 12 hr | |
| Oct 13, 4:22 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 13, 10:07 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 6 hr | |
| Oct 14, 3:53 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 18 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:03 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:24 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 30 hr | |
| Oct 14, 4:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Coshocton, Guernsey, Muskingum, Noble, Tuscarawas | 78 min |
| Oct 14, 4:57 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Darke | 48 min |
| Oct 14, 5:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Preble | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 5:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Shelby | 50 min |
| Oct 14, 5:58 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby | 47 min |
| Oct 14, 6:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton, Greene | 44 min |
| Oct 14, 7:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 50 min |
| Oct 14, 7:47 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Pickaway | 28 min |
| Oct 14, 8:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Licking | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 8:22 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CLE | Knox | 53 min |
| Oct 14, 8:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby | 63 min |
| Oct 14, 9:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Tuscarawas | 39 min |
| Oct 14, 10:00 PM EDT | Low Water Advisory | CLE | 14 hr | |
| Oct 14, 10:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | PBZ | Columbiana | 46 min |
| Oct 14, 11:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Franklin, Licking | 35 min |
| Oct 14, 11:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Adams | 32 min |
| Oct 15, 6:28 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 28 hr | |
| Oct 17, 9:11 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 25 hr | |
| Oct 18, 11:05 AM EDT | Special Marine Warning | CLE | 115 min | |
| Oct 18, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Defiance, Fulton, Paulding, Van Wert | 26 min |
| Oct 18, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Butler, Clermont, Darke, Hamilton, Mercer and 5 more | 94 min |
| Oct 18, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | IWX | Allen, Fulton, Henry, Putnam | 60 min |
| Oct 19, 9:39 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 24 hr | |
| Oct 20, 3:31 AM EDT | Frost Advisory | ILN | Brown, Butler, Clermont, Delaware, Franklin, Greene and 4 more | 29 hr |
| Oct 20, 9:20 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 13 hr | |
| Oct 21, 10:31 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 4 hr | |
| Oct 23, 11:10 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Shelby | 110 min |
| Oct 26, 9:48 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 67 hr | |
| Oct 27, 3:11 PM EDT | Storm Watch | CLE | 25 hr | |
| Oct 27, 3:23 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:32 PM EDT | Flood Watch | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Holmes and 12 more | 72 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:42 PM EDT | Flood Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 58 hr |
| Oct 27, 3:47 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:56 AM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Watch | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:16 PM EDT | High Wind Watch | ILN | Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 10 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 28, 2:16 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | ILN | Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more | 45 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:26 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | CLE | Ashland, Ashtabula, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga and 22 more | 44 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:37 PM EDT | Lakeshore Flood Warning | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:45 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | IWX | Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Henry, Paulding, Putnam and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Oct 28, 3:48 PM EDT | Storm Warning | CLE | 44 hr | |
| Oct 28, 4:21 PM EDT | High Wind Warning | PBZ | Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Guernsey, Harrison and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Oct 28, 5:35 PM EDT | Wind Advisory | RLX | Athens, Gallia, Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Morgan and 3 more | 41 hr |
| Oct 29, 4:04 AM EDT | High Wind Warning | ILN | Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fairfield, Franklin, Hardin and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Oct 29, 7:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lorain | 4 days |
| Oct 29, 7:35 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 5 days |
| Oct 29, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Cuyahoga | 60 hr |
| Oct 29, 12:13 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 29 hr |
| Oct 30, 4:34 AM EDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Athens, Brown, Clark, Clinton, Delaware and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 5:14 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Huron | 32 hr |
| Oct 30, 9:41 AM EDT | Gale Warning | CLE | 10 hr | |
| Oct 30, 9:44 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 13 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:21 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Medina | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:33 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Geauga, Lake, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Oct 30, 10:33 AM EDT | Wind Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Erie, Lake, Lorain, Lucas and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:50 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 4 days | |
| Oct 30, 6:33 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Geauga, Lake | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 8:28 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 9 hr | |
| Oct 30, 8:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 12 hr |
| Oct 31, 4:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Trumbull | 34 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:10 AM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | CLE | 3 days | |
| Oct 31, 9:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | CLE | Lake | 15 hr |
| Oct 31, 9:17 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Medina, Summit | 8 hr |
| Oct 31, 11:57 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Erie, Lorain | 4 hr |
| Oct 31, 2:48 PM EDT | Freeze Warning | ILN | Brown, Butler, Clermont, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery and 1 more | 15 hr |
| Oct 31, 5:03 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | CLE | Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake | 12 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 3 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 1 |
| Special Weather Statement | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| River Flood Warning | 9 |
| Flood Watch | 2 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 12 |
| Freeze Watch | 9 |
| Frost Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 3 |
| High Wind Watch | 3 |
| Wind Advisory | 7 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Lakeshore Flood Warning | 1 |
| Lakeshore Flood Watch | 1 |
| Marine | |
| Gale Warning | 2 |
| Special Marine Warning | 1 |
| Storm Warning | 1 |
| Gale Watch | 1 |
| Storm Watch | 1 |
| Low Water Advisory | 1 |
| Small Craft Advisory | 14 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lake County17
- Lorain County16
- Franklin County15
- Pickaway County15
- Erie County15
- Delaware County14
- Licking County13
- Ashtabula County13
- Cuyahoga County13
- Greene County11
- Butler County10
- Fairfield County10
- Fayette County10
- Montgomery County10
- Shelby County10
- Warren County10
- Lucas County10
- Geauga County10
- Auglaize County9
- Clinton County9
- Medina County9
- Ottawa County9
- Brown County9
- Clermont County9
- Hamilton County9
- Pike County9
- Scioto County9
- Darke County8
- Hardin County8
- Logan County8
- Mercer County8
- Noble County8
- Tuscarawas County8
- Ashland County8
- Huron County8
- Knox County8
- Richland County8
- Sandusky County8
- Summit County8
- Trumbull County8
48 more counties
- Adams County8
- Ross County8
- Clark County7
- Madison County7
- Union County7
- Columbiana County7
- Coshocton County7
- Guernsey County7
- Monroe County7
- Muskingum County7
- Holmes County7
- Mahoning County7
- Portage County7
- Stark County7
- Wayne County7
- Highland County7
- Champaign County6
- Miami County6
- Preble County6
- Fulton County6
- Belmont County6
- Carroll County6
- Harrison County6
- Jefferson County6
- Morgan County6
- Perry County6
- Marion County6
- Morrow County6
- Wood County6
- Hocking County6
- Athens County6
- Jackson County6
- Vinton County6
- Allen County5
- Defiance County5
- Henry County5
- Paulding County5
- Putnam County5
- Van Wert County5
- Crawford County5
- Hancock County5
- Seneca County5
- Wyandot County5
- Gallia County5
- Lawrence County5
- Meigs County5
- Washington County5
- Williams County4
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.