Weather alerts in Erie County, Ohio, 2023

128 weather alerts in 2023, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Erie County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 128
Warnings: 45
Watches: 14
Advisories: 22
Busiest month: August47 alerts
Busiest day: August 24, 202315 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

4 of 6 tornado warnings covering Erie County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 1 of 2 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 27 minutes after it went out.

Erie County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	6	4	33%	2	50%	27 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	25	22	12%	24	100%	29 min
Flash flood warnings	6	3	50%	0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Cleveland, OH: tornado warnings	31	11	65%	32	66%	14 min
NWS Cleveland, OH: severe thunderstorm warnings	176	130	26%	552	89%	25 min
NWS Cleveland, OH: flash flood warnings	25	13	48%	22	100%	67 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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	Lasted
Jan 2, 5:35 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	12 hr
Jan 19, 1:54 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jan 19, 3:39 PM EST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
Jan 19, 5:26 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	49 min
Jan 19, 5:33 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	42 min
Jan 19, 6:05 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	55 min
Jan 24, 3:52 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	36 hr
Jan 30, 5:38 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	5 hr
Feb 8, 2:42 PM EST	High Wind Warning	CLE	31 hr
Feb 14, 3:35 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	36 hr
Mar 2, 2:22 PM EST	Lakeshore Flood Watch	CLE	25 hr
Mar 3, 11:21 AM EST	Wind Advisory	CLE	15 hr
Mar 9, 3:58 AM EST	Winter Weather Advisory	CLE	47 hr
Mar 13, 5:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	85 min
Mar 13, 7:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	92 min
Mar 14, 1:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	83 min
Mar 24, 2:18 PM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	26 hr
Mar 24, 9:47 PM EDT	High Wind Warning	CLE	26 hr
Mar 25, 12:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	23 min
Mar 31, 11:57 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	CLE	31 hr
Apr 1, 12:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 1, 1:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Apr 1, 1:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	49 min
Apr 1, 11:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	53 min
Apr 5, 1:36 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Apr 5, 2:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Apr 16, 1:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 16, 3:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	45 min
Apr 16, 3:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	44 min
Apr 18, 11:51 AM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	21 hr
Apr 24, 3:03 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	17 hr
Apr 26, 12:17 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	20 hr
May 24, 3:46 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	40 hr
Jun 2, 4:03 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	56 hr
Jun 6, 3:44 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	24 hr
Jun 11, 4:22 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	40 hr
Jun 15, 4:21 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 15, 6:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	51 min
Jun 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	33 min
Jun 15, 7:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	51 min
Jun 15, 7:24 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	66 min
Jun 15, 7:38 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	37 min
Jun 15, 8:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	4 hr
Jun 15, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	51 min
Jun 15, 8:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	5 hr
Jun 16, 4:07 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	18 hr
Jun 18, 9:40 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	30 hr
Jun 25, 4:18 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 25, 6:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	54 min
Jun 25, 7:23 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Jun 26, 3:57 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	36 hr
Jul 2, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	42 min
Jul 16, 3:00 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	6 hr
Jul 20, 2:15 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 20, 2:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jul 20, 5:01 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Jul 20, 5:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	17 min
Jul 20, 7:01 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	44 min
Jul 26, 1:45 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Jul 26, 2:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jul 26, 4:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	12 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	67 min
Jul 26, 4:35 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jul 26, 9:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	56 min
Jul 27, 3:23 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	CLE	36 hr
Jul 28, 10:17 AM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	22 hr
Jul 29, 1:57 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 29, 2:35 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	40 min
Jul 29, 2:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jul 29, 4:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	62 min
Aug 6, 3:16 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 7, 3:53 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	41 hr
Aug 11, 3:14 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 11, 5:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	41 min
Aug 11, 6:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	6 hr
Aug 11, 7:58 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	5 hr
Aug 11, 8:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	49 min
Aug 11, 11:07 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	5 hr
Aug 12, 11:37 AM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 12, 12:50 PM EDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Aug 12, 1:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	43 min
Aug 12, 1:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	46 min
Aug 12, 1:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	CLE	12 min
Aug 12, 1:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	5 hr
Aug 12, 2:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	30 min
Aug 13, 3:47 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	30 hr
Aug 15, 3:34 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	24 hr
Aug 17, 3:33 AM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	43 hr
Aug 17, 8:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	47 min
Aug 22, 3:11 PM EDT	Excessive Heat Watch	CLE	36 hr
Aug 23, 2:31 PM EDT	Flood Watch	CLE	37 hr
Aug 23, 3:10 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	CLE	50 min
Aug 23, 8:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	66 min
Aug 23, 8:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	62 min
Aug 23, 10:17 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Aug 23, 10:29 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	46 min
Aug 23, 10:34 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	6 hr
Aug 23, 11:12 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	33 min
Aug 23, 11:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	60 min
Aug 23, 11:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	6 hr
Aug 24, 12:13 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	62 min
Aug 24, 12:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	CLE	6 hr
Aug 24, 3:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	31 hr
Aug 24, 3:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	CLE	26 hr
Aug 24, 4:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	8 hr
Aug 24, 6:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	CLE	7 hr
Aug 24, 12:35 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	CLE	115 min
Aug 24, 9:33 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Aug 24, 9:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Aug 24, 11:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	42 min
Aug 24, 11:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	38 min
Aug 24, 11:18 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	CLE	27 min
Aug 24, 11:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	CLE	56 min
Aug 24, 11:42 PM EDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Aug 24, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CLE	28 min
Aug 26, 4:01 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	18 hr
Aug 29, 3:45 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	40 hr
Sep 22, 9:38 PM EDT	Beach Hazards Statement	CLE	3 days
Sep 30, 12:38 AM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	9 hr
Sep 30, 2:55 PM EDT	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	19 hr
Oct 22, 2:01 PM EDT	Frost Advisory	CLE	19 hr
Oct 29, 2:57 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	CLE	12 hr
Oct 30, 3:12 AM EDT	Freeze Warning	CLE	31 hr
Dec 3, 8:10 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	4 hr
Dec 18, 7:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	CLE	86 min
Dec 24, 1:03 AM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	10 hr
Dec 27, 1:49 PM EST	Dense Fog Advisory	CLE	19 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	25
Tornado Warning	6
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	7
Tornado Watch	2
Mesoscale Discussion	18
Special Weather Statement	15
Flooding
Areal Flood Warning	2
Flash Flood Warning	6
River Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	2
Areal Flood Advisory	4
Winter
Winter Weather Advisory	3
Heat
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	1
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Frost Advisory	3
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
Wind Advisory	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	7
Coast and beach
Lakeshore Flood Watch	1
Beach Hazards Statement	14

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

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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.