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Flood Watch issued April 15 at 10:34PM 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

Update

Description

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

* WHERE...A portion of northwest Ohio, including the following counties, Lucas and Wood.

* WHEN...Until 8 AM EDT Thursday.

* 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...
- An area of showers and thunderstorms will approach late tonight and could cause heavy rainfall in the watch area. Portions of the area received between 1 and 2 inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Due to wet ground conditions, additional rainfall could quickly result in flooding.
- 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

SAME Codes:

039095 Lucas County, OH

039173 Wood County, OH

UGC: OHZ003 OHZ006

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

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Alert Area Affected Boundaries

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-15 22:34 EDT
10:34 PM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-15T22:34:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-16 06:45 EDT
06:45 AM EDT

Event Ends:

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

Added:

2026-04-15 22:38 EDT
10:38 PM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-16 00:30 EDT
12:30 AM EDT

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

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.032501b01062ce91cb640e590c2a282643733296.002.1

Database ID
#465

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 2026-04-15T22:34:00-04:00

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 OHZ003 OHZ006

Affected Zones OHZ003 OHZ006

Event Codes

SAME FFA

NationalWeatherService FAA

CAP References

Identifier urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.00e56852f2bbd033c7b4483824379b7cede0cad2.001.1

Sender w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov

Sent 2026-04-15T10:44:00-04:00

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 (4 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 2026-04-15 04:37 UTC View →

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

Continuing 2026-04-15 14:44 UTC View →

Flood Watch issued April 15 at 10:44AM EDT until April 16 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

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Continuing This alert 2026-04-16 02:34 UTC

FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM EDT THURSDAY

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier FFACLE

WMOidentifier WGUS61 KCLE 160234

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

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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Raw CAP Alert Data

Original JSON data received from NOAA National Weather Service

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Last Updated: 2026-04-16 00:30 EDT (04:30 UTC)