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Flood Watch 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 2, 201132 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flood watch at May 2, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT for 32 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It took effect at May 2, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2011, 3:36 PM EDT (19:36 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
May 3, 2011, 3:49 PM EDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity
None
All 52 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 1:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 5:02 AM EDT, 10 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
502 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2011

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-030915-
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-
502 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2011

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON AND OFF TODAY
AND TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH RAIN IS NOT FORECAST TO BE PARTICULARLY
HEAVY...WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED SOME LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AND DIMINISH TUESDAY
NIGHT. THERE WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CHANCE OF LOCALIZED MINOR
FLOODING. COLDER AIR AND CLEARING SKIES COULD LEAD TO SOME FROST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 2, 10:31 AM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:01 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Hamilton, Logan and 5 more3 hr
May 2, 9:48 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton64 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2011Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2011Flood Watches in Indiana, 2011Every flood watch in 2011

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.