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Flood Warning issued April 3 at 6:24AM EDT until April 4 at 11:36PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Event Type

Flood Warning

Status

Actual

Severity

Severe

Urgency

Immediate

Certainty

Observed

Message Type

Update

Description

...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Ohio...

Portage River At Woodville affecting Sandusky and Wood Counties.

Black River At Elyria affecting Lorain County.

Killbuck Creek Near Killbuck affecting Holmes and Wayne Counties.

Maumee River At Waterville affecting Wood and Lucas Counties.

Eagle Creek At Phalanx Station affecting Trumbull County.

...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in Ohio...

Sandusky River At Tiffin affecting Seneca County.

For the Portage River...including Woodville...Major flooding is forecast. For the Sandusky River...including Upper Sandusky, Fremont, Tiffin, Bucyrus...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Black River...including Elyria...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Maumee River...including Grand Rapids, Waterville...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Killbuck Creek...including Killbuck...Minor flooding is forecast. For the Eagle Creek (Trumbull)...including Phalanx Station...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Portage River at Woodville.

* WHEN...Until late tomorrow evening.

* IMPACTS...At 14.5 feet, Homes in Pemberville along Bierley and Bridge Street inundated with a few feet of water.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 5:30 AM EDT Friday the stage was 14.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage tomorrow afternoon and continue falling to 7.6 feet early Wednesday morning.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
- Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of 14.4 feet on 01/15/2005.

- 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 430 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:

2026-04-03 06:24 EDT
06:24 AM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-03T06:24:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-03 16:30 EDT
04:30 PM EDT

Event Ends:

2026-04-04T23:36:00-04:00

Added:

2026-04-03 06:27 EDT
06:27 AM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-03 09:07 EDT
09:07 AM EDT

Times in America/New_York. Auto-adjusts for daylight saving.

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
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Database ID
#271

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.

0.0%

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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 2026-04-03T06:24:00-04:00

Language en-US

Web http://www.weather.gov

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 FLS

NationalWeatherService FLW

CAP References

Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.92e8c7d312f2782f83131ae57f115f2381bc1d02.001.1

Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Sent 2026-04-02T22:51:00-04:00

VTEC

Extended in Time Flood Warning #16

Office KCLE · Ongoing at issuance · Ends 2026-04-05 03:36 UTC

/O.EXT.KCLE.FL.W.0016.000000T0000Z-260405T0336Z/

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Event Lifecycle (7 alerts)

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

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) 2026-04-02 11:35 UTC View →

Flood Warning issued April 2 at 7:35AM EDT until April 3 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Extended (Time) 2026-04-02 15:40 UTC View →

Flood Warning issued April 2 at 11:40AM EDT until April 4 at 5:16AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Extended (Time) 2026-04-02 19:40 UTC View →

Flood Warning issued April 2 at 3:40PM EDT until April 4 at 6:30PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Extended (Time) 2026-04-03 02:51 UTC View →

Flood Warning issued April 2 at 10:51PM EDT until April 5 at 1:08AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

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Extended (Time) This alert 2026-04-03 10:24 UTC

FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TOMORROW EVENING

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier FLSCLE

WMOidentifier WGUS81 KCLE 031024

eventEndingTime 2026-04-04T23:36:00-04:00

expiredReferences

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EAS Forwarding Status

Forwarded to Air Chain

Reason Auto-forwarded: SAME ZCZC-WXR-FLW-039173+0600-0931024-KR8MER-

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