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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 14, 201432 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood watch at May 14, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT for 32 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 8 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2014, 2:31 PM EDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2014, 3:54 AM EDT
In force
13 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 18:31 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at May 13, 7:42 PM EDT, 18 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 7:42 PM EDT, 18 hours 49 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble46 min
May 13, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPreble31 min
May 13, 10:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Montgomery28 min
May 13, 10:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami36 min
May 13, 10:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Miami23 min
May 13, 10:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNChampaign31 min
May 13, 11:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion33 min
May 13, 11:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware33 min
May 14, 12:00 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDelaware45 min
May 14, 12:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin29 min
May 14, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware, Franklin, Licking61 min
May 14, 9:36 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont24 min
May 14, 10:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont23 min
May 14, 10:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton36 min
May 14, 12:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPickaway31 min
May 14, 1:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross32 min
May 14, 1:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking30 min
May 14, 1:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway46 min
May 14, 2:04 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Licking41 min
May 14, 2:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss32 min
May 14, 2:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNLicking54 min
May 14, 2:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPickaway, Ross52 min
May 14, 2:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway, Ross3 hr
May 14, 3:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway49 min
May 14, 3:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking32 min
May 14, 3:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield24 min
May 14, 3:56 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss34 min
May 14, 4:02 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams28 min
May 14, 4:03 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown3 hr
May 14, 4:06 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown39 min
May 14, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams32 min
May 14, 4:20 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams25 min
May 14, 4:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNRoss30 min
May 14, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Brown, Highland51 min
May 14, 4:42 PM EDTTornado WarningILNAdams, Pike, Scioto33 min
May 14, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross43 min
May 14, 5:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren25 min
May 14, 5:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNClinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren45 min
May 14, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPike, Ross22 min
May 14, 5:23 PM EDTTornado WarningILNGreene, Warren22 min
May 14, 5:44 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking, Pickaway, Ross46 min
May 14, 5:47 PM EDTTornado WarningILNClark, Greene, Madison28 min
May 14, 5:52 PM EDTTornado WarningILNPickaway, Ross23 min
May 14, 5:58 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking, Pike, Ross32 min
May 14, 6:09 PM EDTTornado Warning Tornado observedILNClark36 min
May 14, 6:15 PM EDTTornado WarningILNFairfield, Franklin, Pickaway30 min
May 14, 6:26 PM EDTTornado WarningILNHocking34 min
May 14, 6:29 PM EDTTornado WarningILNChampaign, Clark, Madison31 min
May 14, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFairfield49 min
May 14, 6:49 PM EDTTornado WarningILNMadison, Union26 min
May 14, 7:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNHocking43 min
May 13, 11:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant, Owen30 min
May 14, 7:23 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis37 min
May 14, 8:01 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreenup29 min
May 14, 8:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGrant24 min
May 14, 9:25 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNPendleton35 min
May 14, 3:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNBracken, Mason, Robertson57 min
May 14, 3:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBracken, Mason, Robertson46 min
May 13, 8:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Franklin34 min
May 13, 8:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNFranklin31 min
May 13, 8:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne24 min

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.