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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 16, 2015Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2015, 8:42 PM EDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2015, 2:06 PM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River at Rockford (RFDO1). The gauge peaked at 14.68 ft at Jun 17, 2015, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04180988, 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 Jun 16, 7:43 PM EDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 7:43 PM EDT, 59 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
Jun 16, 8:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Logan, Mercer	12 hr
Jun 17, 3:56 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield and 15 more	19 hr
Jun 17, 8:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Logan, Mercer, Shelby	4 hr
Jun 17, 8:20 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Hardin, Logan, Union	4 hr
Jun 17, 8:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Hardin, Mercer	3 days
Jun 17, 9:42 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Shelby	3 days
Jun 17, 9:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Union	3 hr
Jun 17, 11:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Madison, Miami and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 17, 11:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Darke, Hardin, Logan, Mercer and 2 more	67 hr
Jun 17, 1:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Delaware, Union	42 hr
Jun 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 17, 5:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	24 min
Jun 17, 6:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	28 min
Jun 17, 6:29 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	31 min
Jun 17, 6:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike	26 min
Jun 17, 6:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Pike	41 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 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.