Alert Information 0.0% County Coverage
Event Type
Flood Warning
Status
Actual EXPIRED
Severity
Severe
Urgency
Expected
Certainty
Likely
Message Type
Update

Description
* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Ohio, including the following counties, in north central Ohio, Crawford, Huron and Richland. In northwest Ohio, Hancock, Seneca and Wyandot. * WHEN...Until 200 PM EDT Wednesday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 736 AM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms. Flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Area river gauges continue to rise across the warned area. - Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Mansfield, Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Shelby, Willard, New London, Plymouth, McComb, New Washington, Bloomville, Sycamore, Arcadia, Rawson, Vanlue, Van Buren, New Riegel, Chatfield, Carey and Greenwich. - Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information.

Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe.

Affected Areas
Crawford, OH; Hancock, OH; Huron, OH; Richland, OH; Seneca, OH; Wyandot, OH
SAME Codes:
039033 Crawford County, OH
039063 Hancock County, OH
039077 Huron County, OH
039139 Richland County, OH
039147 Seneca County, OH
039175 Wyandot County, OH
UGC: OHC033 OHC063 OHC077 OHC139 OHC147 OHC175

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.
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Timing
Alert Sent:
2026-04-01 07:40 EDT
07:40 AM EDT
Onset:
2026-04-01T07:40:00-04:00
Expires:
2026-04-01 14:00 EDT
02:00 PM EDT
Event Ends:
2026-04-01T14:00:00-04:00
Added:
2026-04-01 07:40 EDT
07:40 AM EDT
Updated:
2026-04-01 18:27 EDT
06:27 PM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.
Technical Details
Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.1f90bcd86e7c95ecdb1293245f652a9f5793ab06.001.1
Database ID
#193
Scope Public
Category Met
Coverage Type Localized
Exact Coverage 0.0% of Putnam County

Source times converted from NWS format to local Eastern Time.
Affected Boundaries
Localized County Impact

This alert covers 0.0% of Putnam County , affecting some emergency service boundaries.

Coverage by Service Type:
No Boundary Intersections Found

This alert may not intersect with any configured emergency service boundaries.

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NOAA Alert Details
Alert Origin
Originator NWS Cleveland OH
Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope Public
Category Met
Effective 2026-04-01T07:40:00-04:00
Language en-US
Alert Feed https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=OHC003,OHZ016,OHC137,OHZ025,OHZ004,OHC039,OHZ017,OHC063,OHZ005,OHC069,OHZ015,OHC125,OHZ024,OHC161,OHZ006,OHC173 NOAA

EAS Parameters
EAS Originator (EAS-ORG) WXR — National Weather Service
Block Channels EAS NWEM CMAS

Geocodes
SAME Geocodes
039033 Crawford County, OH
039063 Hancock County, OH
039077 Huron County, OH
039139 Richland County, OH
039147 Seneca County, OH
039175 Wyandot County, OH
UGC Codes OHC033 OHC063 OHC077 OHC139 OHC147 OHC175
Affected Zones OHC033 OHC063 OHC077 OHC139 OHC147 OHC175

Event Codes
SAME FLW
NationalWeatherService FAW

CAP References
Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.f4a3e7fad2676e462a67df3fd2b03eeb6fb34e6b.001.1
Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent 2026-04-01T02:53:00-04:00

VTEC
Extended in Time Flood Warning #4
Office KCLE  ·  Ongoing at issuance  ·  Ends 2026-04-01 18:00 UTC
/O.EXT.KCLE.FA.W.0004.000000T0000Z-260401T1800Z/

Event Lifecycle (2 alerts)
1
Issuance 2026-04-01 06:53 UTC View →
Flood Warning issued April 1 at 2:53AM EDT until April 1 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Extended (Time) This alert 2026-04-01 11:40 UTC

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
NWS Parameters
AWIPSidentifier FLWCLE
WMOidentifier WGUS41 KCLE 011140
eventEndingTime 2026-04-01T14:00:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status
Forwarded to Air Chain
Reason Auto-forwarded: SAME ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039063+0600-0911140-KR8MER-
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Generated Details SAME Header Actions
2026-04-01 07:40 EDT
07:40 AM EDT
Flood Warning Severe Actual FLW
039063
ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039063+0600-0911140-KR8MER-
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