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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 11, 2015Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood advisory at Apr 11, 2015, 3:32 PM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2015, 3:32 PM EDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 67 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Portsmouth (PORO1). The gauge peaked at 49.19 ft at Apr 13, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 50 ft
Moderate stage: 57 ft
Major stage: 66 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03217200, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Apr 10, 7:35 PM EDT, 19 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 10, 7:35 PM EDT, 19 hours 57 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
Apr 11, 3:32 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown	4 days
Apr 11, 3:32 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	5 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Ohio, 2015 River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2015 Every river flood advisory in 2015

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.