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Coastal Flood — Lucas, OH

Apr 11, 2019

By the middle of April Lake Erie was observing water levels 2 feet above normal, and rising. Lake Erie is in the midst of its seasonal rise and its mean monthly level surged 7 inches upward from March to April. The lake���s April monthly mean level was 2 inches above its level of a year ago, and 6 inches below its record high. ||The National Weather Service had issued lakeshore flood warnings for Lake Erie���s west end on April 11th because of the strong winds associated with a power

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 820765). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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