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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 11, 2009Adams County, Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2009, 8:42 PM EST for Adams County, Pickaway County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 8:54 AM EST. It was in force for 300 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 11, 2009, 8:42 PM EST (01:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 12, 2009, 8:54 AM EST
Expired: Dec 9, 2009, 12:27 PM EST
In force: 300 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Adams County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 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 Feb 11, 7:10 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 7:10 PM EST, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 11, 7:38 PM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
738 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-130045-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-
SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-
PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-
SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-
FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-
FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-
HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
738 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM EST THURSDAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   HIGH WIND WARNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 11, 5:10 PM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
510 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     LEESBURG                39.35N 83.55W
02/11/2009                   HIGHLAND           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN WITH DAMAGE TO BARNS ON STATE ROUTE 28.

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 NE HILLSBORO          39.29N 83.51W
02/11/2009                   HIGHLAND           OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.

0446 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WEST PORTSMOUTH         38.76N 83.03W
02/11/2009                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN.

0449 PM     TSTM WND DMG     PORTSMOUTH              38.76N 82.95W
02/11/2009                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A SIGN WAS BLOWN DOWN.

0453 PM     TSTM WND DMG     IDAHO                   39.09N 83.14W
02/11/2009                   PIKE               OH   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ONE TREE DOWN ON ROUTE 124 IN THE WEST PART OF PIKE
            COUNTY.

0457 PM     TSTM WND GST     BLOOMINGBURG            39.61N 83.40W
02/11/2009  E60.00 MPH       FAYETTE            OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

HATZOS

Local storm report, Feb 11, 6:02 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
602 PM EST WED FEB 11 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0440 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 S RARDEN              38.86N 83.24W
02/11/2009                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A TRAILER WAS BLOWN ONTO ROUTE 348.

0449 PM     TSTM WND DMG     ROSEMOUNT               38.79N 82.97W
02/11/2009                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN.

0456 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WHEELERSBURG            38.73N 82.85W
02/11/2009                   SCIOTO             OH   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN WITH PROPERTY DAMAGE AS WELL.

0502 PM     TSTM WND DMG     NEW HOLLAND             39.55N 83.26W
02/11/2009                   PICKAWAY           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            POWER POLES SNAPPED, WITH ONE LANDING ON A BUILDING.

0518 PM     HAIL             BURLINGTON              39.02N 84.72W
02/11/2009  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              KY   PUBLIC

0524 PM     HAIL             2 W CONSTANCE           39.07N 84.67W
02/11/2009  E0.75 INCH       BOONE              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED IN HEBRON.

0528 PM     TSTM WND GST     18 ESE GRATIOT          39.81N 81.93W
02/11/2009  M66.00 MPH       XXX                XX   AWOS

            RECORDED AT RICKENBACKER AIRPORT.

0531 PM     TSTM WND GST     SILVERTON               39.19N 84.40W
02/11/2009  M58.00 MPH       HAMILTON           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0533 PM     TSTM WND GST     3 NE BEXLEY             40.00N 82.89W
02/11/2009  M66.00 MPH       FRANKLIN           OH   ASOS

            RECODRED AT PORT COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

0533 PM     TSTM WND GST     RADNOR                  40.38N 83.15W
02/11/2009  M65.00 MPH       DELAWARE           OH   AMATEUR RADIO

0535 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GALENA                  40.22N 82.88W
02/11/2009                   DELAWARE           OH   PUBLIC

            TREES DOWN.

0536 PM     TSTM WND GST     MADEIRA                 39.18N 84.37W
02/11/2009  E60.00 MPH       HAMILTON           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

0537 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW LANCASTER          39.76N 82.66W
02/11/2009  M61.00 MPH       FAIRFIELD          OH   ASOS

            RECORDED AT LANCASTER AIRPORT.

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HATZOS

Local storm report, Feb 11, 6:24 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 6:32 PM EST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:08 PM EST, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 11, 8:32 PM EST, 10 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
Feb 12, 3:53 AM EST	Wind Advisory	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more	14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.