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Special Weather Statement issued April 22 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Cleveland OH

Event Type

Special Weather Statement

Status

Actual EXPIRED

Severity

Moderate

Urgency

Expected

Certainty

Observed

Message Type

Alert

Description

At 600 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Arcadia, or near Findlay, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include... Findlay, Tiffin, Fostoria, Upper Sandusky, Sycamore, Arcadia, Vanlue, New Riegel, Carey, Bloomdale, and Bascom.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

Affected Areas

Hancock; Seneca; Wyandot

SAME Codes:

039063 Hancock County, OH

039147 Seneca County, OH

039175 Wyandot County, OH

UGC: OHZ017 OHZ018 OHZ027

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

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Timing

Alert Sent:

2026-04-22 18:00 EDT
06:00 PM EDT

Onset:

2026-04-22T18:00:00-04:00

Expires:

2026-04-22 18:45 EDT
06:45 PM EDT

Added:

2026-04-22 18:01 EDT
06:01 PM EDT

Updated:

2026-04-22 19:21 EDT
07:21 PM EDT

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

Technical Details

Alert Identifier
urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7d0cec0dec086fe84a440756e0e5d82d308a6e81.001.1

Database ID
#546

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 2026-04-22T18:00:00-04:00

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

039063 Hancock County, OH

039147 Seneca County, OH

039175 Wyandot County, OH

UGC Codes OHZ017 OHZ018 OHZ027

Affected Zones OHZ017 OHZ018 OHZ027

Event Codes

SAME SPS

NationalWeatherService SPS

Storm Motion

ESE

Heading 108°

From WNW (288°)

19.6mph

17.0 kt

Storm Position

41.07, -83.51

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN SENECA...NORTHERN WYANDOT AND NORTHEASTERN HANCOCK COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM EDT

Severe Threats

MPH

Wind

0.50"

Dime

Hail

NWS Parameters

AWIPSidentifier SPSCLE

WMOidentifier WWUS81 KCLE 222200

EAS Forwarding Status

Not Forwarded

Reason Suppressed event Special Weather Statement

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Last Updated: 2026-04-22 19:21 EDT (23:21 UTC)