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

Description
* WHAT...Urban area and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected. * WHERE...A portion of northwest Ohio, including the following counties, Hancock, Wood and Wyandot. * WHEN...Until 815 PM EDT. * IMPACTS...Flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations is imminent or occurring. Streams continue to rise due to excess runoff from earlier rainfall. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 416 PM EDT, gauge reports indicated heavy rain. Flooding is already occurring in the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. - Lye Creek has reached minor flood stage. At 4 PM EDT, the creek was at 6.02 feet. Additional rises across area streams are likely this evening. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Findlay, Fostoria, McComb, Arlington, Arcadia, Rawson, Vanlue, Van Buren, Bloomdale, Mount Blanchard, Benton Ridge, Jenera, Mount Cory, Bairdstown and Williamstown. - 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. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.

Affected Areas
Hancock, OH; Wood, OH; Wyandot, OH
SAME Codes:
039063 Hancock County, OH
039173 Wood County, OH
039175 Wyandot County, OH
UGC: OHC063 OHC173 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 16:19 EDT
04:19 PM EDT
Onset:
2026-04-01T16:19:00-04:00
Expires:
2026-04-01 20:15 EDT
08:15 PM EDT
Event Ends:
2026-04-01T20:15:00-04:00
Added:
2026-04-01 16:22 EDT
04:22 PM EDT
Updated:
2026-04-01 18:25 EDT
06:25 PM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.
Technical Details
Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ddf59c1973ece10ef7f2019c673dc56a2d5638b6.001.1
Database ID
#206
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 2026-04-01T16:19:00-04:00
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
039063 Hancock County, OH
039173 Wood County, OH
039175 Wyandot County, OH
UGC Codes OHC063 OHC173 OHC175
Affected Zones OHC063 OHC173 OHC175

Event Codes
SAME FLW
NationalWeatherService FAW

VTEC
New Event Flood Warning #8
Office KCLE  ·  Begins 2026-04-01 20:19 UTC  ·  Ends 2026-04-02 00:15 UTC
/O.NEW.KCLE.FA.W.0008.260401T2019Z-260402T0015Z/

FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM EDT THIS EVENING
NWS Parameters
AWIPSidentifier FLWCLE
WMOidentifier WGUS41 KCLE 012019
eventEndingTime 2026-04-01T20:15:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status
Forwarded to Air Chain
Reason Auto-forwarded: SAME ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039063-039173+0400-0912019-KR8MER-
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Generated Details SAME Header Actions
2026-04-01 16:22 EDT
04:22 PM EDT
Flood Warning Severe Actual FLW
039063, 039173
ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039063-039173+0400-0912019-KR8MER-
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