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Flood Watch issued April 15 at 12:37AM EDT until April 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Event Type

Flood Watch

Status

Actual

Severity

Severe

Urgency

Future

Certainty

Possible

Message Type

Alert

Description

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

* WHERE...Portions of north central and northwest Ohio, including the following counties, in north central Ohio, Erie and Huron. In northwest Ohio, Lucas, Ottawa, Sandusky, Seneca and Wood.

* WHEN...Through Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Heavy rainfall associated with multiple rounds of thunderstorms will bring 1 to 3 inches of rain across the area. Storms will produce efficient rainfall with rates over 2 inches per hour possible. These rounds of heavy rain may result in additional flooding across the area.
- Please visit www.weather.gov/safety/flood for flood safety and preparedness information.

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

Affected Areas

Lucas; Wood; Ottawa; Sandusky; Erie; Seneca; Huron

SAME Codes:

039095 Lucas County, OH

039173 Wood County, OH

039123 Ottawa County, OH

039143 Sandusky County, OH

039043 Erie County, OH

039147 Seneca County, OH

039077 Huron County, OH

UGC: OHZ003 OHZ006 OHZ007 OHZ008 OHZ009 OHZ018 OHZ019

This covers a small portion of emergency service districts, townships, and municipalities within the county.

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-15 00:37 EDT
12:37 AM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-15T00:37:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-15 11:00 EDT
11:00 AM EDT

Event Ends:

2026-04-16T08:00:00-04:00

Added:

2026-04-15 00:39 EDT
12:39 AM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-15 02:40 EDT
02:40 AM EDT

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

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.852b80e1456d362dbb566f7209a4131c036ccdc4.001.1

Database ID
#426

Scope Public

Category Met

Coverage Type Localized

Estimated Coverage 0.0% of Putnam County Estimated from SAME broadcast area, not the storm polygon.

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 estimated from SAME broadcast area. Recalculate intersections to use the storm polygon.

Coverage by Service Type:

No Boundary Intersections Found

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

0.0%

Localized Coverage

* Estimated from SAME broadcast area.

NOAA Alert Details

Alert Origin

Originator NWS Cleveland OH

Sender ID w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Scope Public

Category Met

Effective 2026-04-15T00:37:00-04:00

Language en-US

Web http://www.weather.gov

Alert Feed

https://api.weather.gov/alerts/active?zone=OHC063,OHC003,OHZ015,OHC173,OHZ024,OHZ017,OHZ005,OHC125,OHZ025,OHZ016,OHC161,OHC039,OHC069,OHC137,OHZ006,OHZ004

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

039123 Ottawa County, OH

039143 Sandusky County, OH

039043 Erie County, OH

039147 Seneca County, OH

039077 Huron County, OH

UGC Codes OHZ003 OHZ006 OHZ007 OHZ008 OHZ009 OHZ018 OHZ019

Affected Zones OHZ003 OHZ006 OHZ007 OHZ008 OHZ009 OHZ018 OHZ019

Event Codes

SAME FFA

NationalWeatherService FAA

VTEC

Continuing Flood Watch #1

Office KCLE · Ongoing at issuance · Ends 2026-04-16 12:00 UTC

/O.CON.KCLE.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-260416T1200Z/

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Event Lifecycle (2 alerts)

Issuance 2026-04-14 17:15 UTC View →

Flood Watch issued April 14 at 1:15PM EDT until April 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

★

Continuing This alert 2026-04-15 04:37 UTC

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier FFACLE

WMOidentifier WGUS61 KCLE 150437

eventEndingTime 2026-04-16T08:00:00-04:00

expiredReferences w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.ed722ba1308a7363cd11be416900003b2ee88c08.001.1,2026-04-14T13:15:00-04:00

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

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

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Raw CAP Alert Data

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Last Updated: 2026-04-15 02:40 EDT (06:40 UTC)