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

Description
...Forecast flooding changed from Minor to Moderate severity and increased in duration for the following rivers in Ohio... Portage River At Woodville affecting Wood and Sandusky Counties. For the Portage River...including Woodville...Moderate flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Moderate flooding is occurring and moderate flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Portage River at Woodville. * WHEN...Until tomorrow evening. * IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, Flood waters inundate basements of property adjecent to the river near Pemberville. The parking lot of the downtown business district in Pemberville is flooded. Backwater from the ditch east of Wayne Rd inundates South River Road. West of Wayne Road, both North and South River Roads are inundated with feet of water. In Woodville, Trail Marker Park and adjacent low lying roads of Cherry Street and Erie Street are inundated. Backwater from the ditch on State Route 105 west of State Route 582 covers the road. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 7:30 AM EDT Thursday the stage was 12.6 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 12.8 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage early tomorrow afternoon. - Flood stage is 11.0 feet. - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 12.9 feet on 05/07/2017. - 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. Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/cle. The next statement will be issued this afternoon at 545 PM EDT.

Affected Areas
Sandusky, OH; Wood, OH
SAME Codes:
039143 Sandusky County, OH
039173 Wood County, OH
UGC: OHC143 OHC173

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.
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Timing
Alert Sent:
2026-04-02 07:35 EDT
07:35 AM EDT
Onset:
2026-04-02T07:35:00-04:00
Expires:
2026-04-02 17:45 EDT
05:45 PM EDT
Event Ends:
2026-04-03T18:00:00-04:00
Added:
2026-04-02 07:37 EDT
07:37 AM EDT
Updated:
2026-04-02 10:22 EDT
10:22 AM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.
Technical Details
Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.09143f0bff13dd59a47a2596f56a54abdecdf090.001.1
Database ID
#224
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 2026-04-02T07:35:00-04:00
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
039143 Sandusky County, OH
039173 Wood County, OH
UGC Codes OHC143 OHC173
Affected Zones OHC143 OHC173

Event Codes
SAME FLW
NationalWeatherService FLW

CAP References
Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.bb10f1eb7d2cfa5a86825c4d7d91810dbab32913.001.1
Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Sent 2026-04-01T22:10:00-04:00

VTEC
Extended in Time Flood Warning #16
Office KCLE  ·  Ongoing at issuance  ·  Ends 2026-04-03 22:00 UTC
/O.EXT.KCLE.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260403T2200Z/

Event Lifecycle (3 alerts)
1
Issuance 2026-04-02 01:05 UTC View →
Flood Warning issued April 1 at 9:05PM EDT until April 3 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
2
Extended (Time) 2026-04-02 02:10 UTC View →
Flood Warning issued April 1 at 10:10PM EDT until April 3 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH
Extended (Time) This alert 2026-04-02 11:35 UTC

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
NWS Parameters
AWIPSidentifier FLWCLE
WMOidentifier WGUS41 KCLE 021135
eventEndingTime 2026-04-03T18:00:00-04:00
expiredReferences w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0ca0b6d54becbddf93c73ee11771c13797ad33bf.001.1,2026-04-01T21:05:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status
Forwarded to Air Chain
Reason Auto-forwarded: SAME ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039173+0600-0921135-KR8MER-
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Generated Details SAME Header Actions
2026-04-02 07:37 EDT
07:37 AM EDT
Flood Warning Severe Actual FLW
039173
ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039173+0600-0921135-KR8MER-
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