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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 13, 2015Carroll County, Gallatin County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2015, 12:29 PM EDT for Carroll County, Gallatin County, Kentucky; Switzerland County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 14, 2015, 11:24 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2015, 12:29 PM EDT (16:29 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2015, 11:24 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2015, 4:00 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Switzerland County, IN, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Markland Lower (MKLK2). The gauge peaked at 53.02 ft at Mar 15, 2015, 6:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 49 ft
Minor stage: 51 ft
Moderate stage: 62 ft
Major stage: 74 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03277200, 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 Mar 13, 10:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 10:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 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
Mar 13, 3:44 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont	5 days
Mar 13, 4:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	6 hr
Mar 13, 5:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Scioto	25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015 Every river flood warning 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.