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WGUS41 KCLE 020922
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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
522 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026
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OTTAWA OH-
522 AM EDT THU APR 2 2026
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...CREEK AND RIVER FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF NORTHWEST OHIO, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, OTTAWA.
* WHEN...UNTIL 515 PM EDT THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE DUE TO EXCESS RUNOFF
FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE INUNDATED WITH
WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 516 AM EDT, GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED FLOODING IS EXPECTED
ALONG THE PORTAGE RIVER. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
- AT 5 AM THE RIVER WAS AT 11.8 FEET. FLOODING IS EXPECTED
ALONG THE PORTAGE RIVER NEAR ELMORE. THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO
CREST LATE THIS AFTERNOON AROUND 12.3 FEET. FLOODING IS
LIKELY ALONG STATE ROUTE 105 AND BUSINESSES ALONG LUCKEY
AVENUE WILL BE THREATENED BY RISING WATER.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OAK HARBOR AND ELMORE.
- PLEASE VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD FOR FLOOD SAFETY
AND PREPAREDNESS INFORMATION.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4146 8329 4146 8333 4146 8334 4148 8334
4151 8324 4153 8297 4150 8295 4149 8310
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