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Flood Warning issued April 3 at 6:24AM 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...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Maumee River at Waterville.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, floodwaters can back up through storm drains onto Water Street in Waterville making roads inaccessible.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 5:00 AM EDT Friday the stage was 12.4 feet.
- Forecast...The river will remain steady through Saturday night, then slowly fall but remain in flood stage.
- Flood stage is 11.0 feet.
- 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

Lucas, OH; Wood, OH

SAME Codes:

039095 Lucas County, OH

039173 Wood County, OH

UGC: OHC095 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

Added:

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

Updated:

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

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

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2eac39dfd52cf2a733ad46991a84009020b5317b.005.1

Database ID
#272

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%

Localized Coverage

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

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NOAA

EAS Parameters

EAS Originator (EAS-ORG) WXR — National Weather Service

Block Channels EAS NWEM CMAS

Geocodes

SAME Geocodes

039095 Lucas County, OH

039173 Wood County, OH

UGC Codes OHC095 OHC173

Affected Zones OHC095 OHC173

Event Codes

SAME FLS

NationalWeatherService FLW

CAP References

Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.92e8c7d312f2782f83131ae57f115f2381bc1d02.002.1

Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

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

VTEC

Continuing Flood Warning #14

Office KCLE · Ongoing at issuance

/O.CON.KCLE.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier FLSCLE

WMOidentifier WGUS81 KCLE 031024

expiredReferences

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EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason VTEC action 'CON' indicates a continuing/routine update — rebroadcast suppressed

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Last Updated: 2026-04-03 09:09 EDT (13:09 UTC)