607  
WGUS41 KCLE 120855  
FLWCLE  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH  
455 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CLEVELAND OH HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN OHIO...  
 
PORTAGE RIVER AT WOODVILLE AFFECTING SANDUSKY AND WOOD COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE PORTAGE RIVER...INCLUDING WOODVILLE...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON AT 300 PM EDT.  
 

 
 
OHC143-173-121900-  
/O.NEW.KCLE.FL.W.0027.240412T1500Z-240413T0600Z/  
/WDVO1.1.ER.240412T1500Z.240412T1800Z.240413T0300Z.NO/  
455 AM EDT FRI APR 12 2024  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT  
TONIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...PORTAGE RIVER AT WOODVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS MORNING TO JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, THE RIVER INUNDATES LOWER PORTIONS OF TRAIL  
MARKER PARK AND IS OUT OF BANKS IN PEMBERVILLE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:30 AM EDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE THIS MORNING TO A CREST OF 9.1 FEET THIS AFTERNOON. IT  
WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF  
9.1 FEET ON 04/24/1977.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4136 8354 4148 8334 4143 8334 4135 8349  
 

 
 
IVERSON  
 
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