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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 21, 2013Shelby County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 9:40 AM EST for Shelby County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 21, 2013, 12:21 PM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 21, 2013, 9:40 AM EST (14:40 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 21, 2013, 12:21 PM EST
Expired
Dec 24, 2013, 2:49 PM EST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Great Miami River at Sidney (SIDO1). The gauge peaked at 15.63 ft at Dec 22, 2013, 10:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
14.6 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03261500, 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 21, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 8:27 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
827 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

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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-
827 AM EST SAT DEC 21 2013

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

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.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT SWINGS ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WINDS GUSTS ARE THE MAIN
CONCERN AT THIS TIME...THOUGH A BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT
ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 71. THUNDERSTORMS WOULD
CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN RATES...AND COULD BRING A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

IN ADDITION...GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT OUT OF THE
SOUTH...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS FROM 20 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS TO 35
MPH. IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT ON SUNDAY...WESTERLY WIND GUSTS
TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE AFTER 9 PM THIS EVENING.

BINAU

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 21, 5:39 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke, Miami, Shelby4 hr
Dec 21, 9:29 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Darke, Logan, Miami, Shelby, Union6 hr
Dec 21, 9:40 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNMiami70 hr
Dec 21, 1:08 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton4 days
Dec 21, 1:21 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNDelaware5 days
Dec 21, 1:42 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Clinton, Greene, Hamilton, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more3 hr
Dec 21, 2:19 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Greene, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more3 hr
Dec 21, 2:26 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison and 2 more4 hr
Dec 21, 2:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren4 days
Dec 21, 2:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNButler3 days
Dec 21, 2:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Greene43 hr
Dec 21, 3:18 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNButler, Hamilton12 hr
Dec 21, 3:43 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Darke, Logan, Miami, Preble, Shelby and 1 more3 hr
Dec 21, 4:53 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton, Warren37 hr
Dec 21, 5:13 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryILNDelaware, Franklin18 hr
Dec 21, 5:17 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryILNHamilton44 hr
Dec 21, 5:24 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking21 hr
Dec 21, 6:09 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Logan, Miami, Montgomery and 3 more3 hr
Dec 21, 6:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNMiami, Montgomery3 days
Dec 21, 6:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton43 hr
Dec 21, 6:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNPickaway5 days
Dec 21, 6:46 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNFranklin, Madison, Pickaway70 hr
Dec 21, 12:42 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland3 hr
Dec 21, 2:54 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin44 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2013Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.