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River Flood Advisory 18, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 24, 2011Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood advisory at Apr 24, 2011, 6:55 PM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Mason County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2011, 6:55 PM EDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 11:25 AM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Portsmouth (PORO1). The gauge peaked at 48.45 ft at Apr 25, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 50 ft
Moderate stage: 57 ft
Major stage: 66 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03217200, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 24, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 4:44 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 6:06 PM EDT, 49 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
Apr 23, 10:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	12 hr
Apr 24, 9:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
Apr 23, 9:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Carroll, Owen	53 hr
Apr 24, 5:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	113 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2011 River Flood Advisories in Ohio, 2011 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.