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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 9, 2015Hocking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2015, 11:21 PM EDT for Hocking County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 10, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2015, 11:21 PM EDT (03:21 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2015, 6:00 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2015, 12:34 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Hocking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Hocking River at Enterprise (ENTO1). The gauge peaked at 11.60 ft at Apr 10, 2015, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03157500, 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 Apr 9, 10:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:53 PM EDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 4:13 PM EDT, 7 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
413 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101200-
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-
413 PM EDT THU APR 9 2015

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT...

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...TONIGHT.

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

   FLASH FLOOD WATCH.

OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IN
ADDITION...SOME OF THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:05 PM EDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:07 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:20 PM EDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 7:32 PM EDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 9, 7:33 PM EDT, 3 hours 48 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 10, 2:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Preble	37 min
Apr 10, 2:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble	36 min
Apr 10, 2:44 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Hamilton	31 min
Apr 10, 2:59 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	34 min
Apr 10, 3:11 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Greene, Logan, Miami, Montgomery and 1 more	31 min
Apr 10, 3:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Greene, Highland, Warren	29 min
Apr 10, 3:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison, Union	33 min
Apr 10, 3:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	37 min
Apr 10, 3:54 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	36 min
Apr 10, 4:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Delaware, Franklin	23 min
Apr 10, 5:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Scioto	4 hr
Apr 10, 10:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Scioto	117 min
Apr 10, 10:21 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	64 hr
Apr 10, 12:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	31 hr
Apr 10, 3:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Owen	24 min
Apr 10, 4:29 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Lewis	3 hr
Apr 10, 1:55 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Union, Wayne	35 min
Apr 10, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union, Wayne	3 hr
Apr 10, 2:17 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Dearborn, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley	28 min
Apr 10, 2:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ohio, Ripley	3 hr

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.