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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

January 11, 2008Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2008, 3:00 PM EST for Adams County, Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It took effect at Jan 11, 2008, 5:31 PM EST. It was in force for 130 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2008, 3:00 PM EST (20:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2008, 5:31 PM EST
Expired: May 20, 2008, 1:59 PM EDT
In force: 130 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Adams County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 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).

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 Jan 11, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 12:49 PM EST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 10, 8:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	127 days
Jan 10, 8:38 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams	97 min
Jan 10, 10:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	56 min
Jan 10, 10:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Lewis	46 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.