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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 21, 2014Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2014, 9:31 PM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It took effect at May 22, 2014, 1:28 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2014, 9:31 PM EDT (01:31 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2014, 1:28 AM EDT
Expired: May 22, 2014, 8:27 AM EDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mad River near Springfield (SGFO1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03269500, 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 May 21, 9:03 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 21, 9:03 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 21, 9:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 21, 9:02 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 9:04 PM EDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 9:05 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 9:06 PM EDT, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 9:14 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 21, 9:22 PM EDT, 9 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
May 21, 8:02 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton	28 min
May 21, 8:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	26 min
May 21, 8:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	34 min
May 21, 8:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	24 min
May 21, 8:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Montgomery, Warren	2 hr
May 21, 8:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Scioto	34 min
May 21, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	31 min
May 21, 11:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	3 hr
May 22, 12:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	36 min
May 22, 12:14 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Miami, Montgomery	6 hr
May 22, 12:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene	6 hr
May 22, 12:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	32 min
May 22, 3:06 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	24 min
May 22, 3:41 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	34 min
May 22, 4:15 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	30 min
May 22, 4:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware	33 min
May 22, 4:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Union	3 hr
May 22, 5:13 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Licking	47 min
May 22, 5:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	52 min
May 22, 5:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	48 min
May 22, 6:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery	11 hr
May 22, 6:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	3 hr
May 22, 1:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	36 hr
May 21, 10:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Gallatin	24 min
May 21, 11:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Gallatin, Grant	27 min
May 21, 11:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	30 min
May 21, 10:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more	3 hr
May 21, 10:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	24 min
May 21, 10:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	37 min
May 21, 11:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Union	29 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2014 Every river flood warning in 2014

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.