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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 24, 2015Adams County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 4:23 AM EST for Adams County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 24, 2015, 4:51 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2015, 4:23 AM EST (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2015, 4:51 AM EST
Expired: Dec 24, 2015, 2:40 PM EST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Adams County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio Brush Creek near West Union (WUNO1).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03237500, 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 Dec 24, 3:51 AM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 3:51 AM EST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 4:02 AM EST, 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 23, 11:57 PM EST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 24, 12:02 AM EST, 4 hours 21 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
Dec 23, 8:12 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland	48 min
Dec 23, 8:15 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	14 min
Dec 23, 8:51 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross	24 min
Dec 23, 9:08 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross	37 min
Dec 23, 9:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	46 min
Dec 23, 9:26 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Licking	34 min
Dec 23, 9:55 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross, Scioto	50 min
Dec 23, 7:15 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen	45 min
Dec 23, 7:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Boone, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	27 min
Dec 23, 8:02 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton	15 min
Dec 23, 8:12 PM EST	Tornado Warning	ILN	Campbell, Pendleton	6 min
Dec 23, 8:43 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Owen, Robertson	62 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.