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Flood Watch 2, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 18, 201318 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flood watch at Mar 18, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT for 18 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2013, 4:08 AM EDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 5:38 PM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: None

All 31 counties

Switzerland 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, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 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 Mar 18, 1:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 1:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 7:12 PM EDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 17, 10:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 14 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
Mar 18, 1:49 AM EDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clinton, Darke and 17 more	6 hr
Mar 18, 6:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	3 hr
Mar 18, 7:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland, Warren	3 hr
Mar 18, 7:19 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Pike, Scioto	3 hr
Mar 18, 7:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross, Scioto	37 min
Mar 18, 8:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	6 hr
Mar 18, 8:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	5 hr
Mar 18, 1:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Scioto	3 hr
Mar 18, 1:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Mason	3 hr
Mar 18, 4:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Lewis	5 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Ohio, 2013 Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2013 Flood Watches in Indiana, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.