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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 22, 2013Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2013, 2:15 PM EST for Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 10:16 PM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 22, 2013, 2:15 PM EST (19:15 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2013, 10:16 PM EST
Expired: Dec 26, 2013, 2:26 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Scioto River at Piketon (PKTO1). The gauge peaked at 20.30 ft at Dec 26, 2013, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03237020, 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 Dec 22, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 22, 7:13 AM EST, 7 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 22, 1:04 PM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 1:12 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 1:18 PM EST, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 1:39 PM EST, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 22, 2:03 PM EST, 12 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
Dec 21, 7:32 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Hamilton, Preble	43 min
Dec 21, 9:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Logan, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more	41 min
Dec 21, 9:55 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	50 min
Dec 21, 9:58 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	6 hr
Dec 21, 9:58 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Shelby	32 min
Dec 21, 10:10 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Logan, Miami, Shelby	50 min
Dec 21, 10:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton and 4 more	46 min
Dec 21, 10:32 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Union	28 min
Dec 21, 10:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	44 min
Dec 21, 10:48 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Greene and 5 more	5 hr
Dec 21, 11:01 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	44 min
Dec 21, 11:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	20 hr
Dec 21, 11:18 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Fayette, Highland	5 hr
Dec 21, 11:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland	47 min
Dec 21, 11:45 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Pickaway, Ross	30 min
Dec 21, 11:48 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 12:03 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto	57 min
Dec 22, 12:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	46 min
Dec 22, 12:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	45 min
Dec 22, 12:18 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	42 hr
Dec 22, 12:24 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Fayette, Hocking, Pike, Ross, Scioto	4 hr
Dec 22, 12:31 AM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Adams, Pike, Scioto	29 min
Dec 22, 12:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	31 min
Dec 22, 1:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Mercer and 4 more	11 hr
Dec 22, 2:35 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	4 hr
Dec 22, 3:12 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Fayette, Greene and 5 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 3:29 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Hocking, Licking and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 9:00 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	12 hr
Dec 22, 11:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Hardin and 7 more	34 hr
Dec 21, 9:04 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	41 min
Dec 21, 9:41 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 2 more	49 min
Dec 21, 10:33 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	5 hr
Dec 22, 2:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Bracken, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton and 1 more	4 hr
Dec 21, 9:20 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland	6 hr
Dec 22, 6:28 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Union, Wayne	8 hr

Nearby

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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.