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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 19, 2008Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT for Adams County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 4:48 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2008, 3:20 PM EDT (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2008, 4:48 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 20, 2008, 5:11 AM EDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity
Minor

County Adams County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio Brush Creek near West Union (WUNO1). The gauge peaked at 18.99 ft at Mar 19, 2008, 2:00 AM EDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03237500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Mar 19, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 1:57 PM EDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 19, 5:08 AM EDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 19, 12:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 19, 2:33 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 8:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont119 min
Mar 18, 9:39 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNPickaway4 days
Mar 18, 9:50 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNGreene, Montgomery, Preble16 hr
Mar 18, 10:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking66 hr
Mar 18, 10:17 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren6 hr
Mar 18, 11:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNMiami, Shelby30 hr
Mar 18, 11:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren55 hr
Mar 18, 11:21 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton23 hr
Mar 18, 11:36 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway69 hr
Mar 19, 12:13 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryILNHamilton25 hr
Mar 19, 12:28 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Greene22 hr
Mar 19, 1:03 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNGreene, Warren24 hr
Mar 19, 1:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fayette, Highland3 hr
Mar 19, 1:53 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway3 hr
Mar 19, 3:58 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton, Warren15 hr
Mar 19, 4:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking25 hr
Mar 19, 4:25 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNClinton, Fayette, Highland12 hr
Mar 19, 8:16 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNFairfield, Licking6 hr
Mar 19, 9:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNRoss10 hr
Mar 19, 10:26 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont6 hr
Mar 19, 11:07 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNRoss31 hr
Mar 19, 12:53 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto6 hr
Mar 19, 1:00 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNHocking6 hr
Mar 19, 1:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGreene, Montgomery, Preble4 hr
Mar 19, 2:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Licking4 hr
Mar 19, 4:30 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont4 hr
Mar 19, 4:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fayette, Highland4 hr
Mar 19, 5:41 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNGreene4 hr
Mar 19, 6:53 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPike, Scioto3 hr
Mar 19, 6:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren66 min
Mar 19, 6:57 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNHocking63 min
Mar 18, 8:11 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton2 hr
Mar 19, 12:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin23 hr
Mar 19, 12:49 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more4 hr
Mar 19, 4:12 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more4 hr
Mar 19, 8:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more10 hr
Mar 19, 6:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBoone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 1 more3 hr
Mar 18, 11:09 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin28 hr
Mar 19, 12:58 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNUnion, Wayne12 hr
Mar 19, 1:14 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union15 hr
Mar 19, 4:10 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Franklin, Union4 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.