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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 27, 2015Shelby County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 10:04 AM EST for Shelby County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 3:46 PM EST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 10:04 AM EST (15:04 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2015, 3:46 PM EST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Great Miami River at Sidney (SIDO1).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14.6 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03261500, 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 27, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 6:38 AM EST, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 4:50 AM EST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
450 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051-052-281000-
WAYNE-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION-DELAWARE-MIAMI-
CHAMPAIGN-
450 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO AND
WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

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

   FLOOD WATCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF MODERATE
RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING WILL INCREASE DURING THIS
TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ053>056-060>065-070>074-
077>082-088-281000-
FAYETTE-UNION-FRANKLIN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-
GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-
ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-CLARK-MADISON-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON-
CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
450 AM EST SUN DEC 27 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND
WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL AND
SUBSEQUENT FLOODING WILL INCREASE TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING WIDESPREAD RAIN MONDAY
AND MONDAY NIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR PROLONGED PERIODS OF MODERATE
RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT FLOODING WILL INCREASE DURING THIS
TIME FRAME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 27, 9:47 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Darke	6 hr
Dec 27, 9:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Miami, Shelby	6 hr
Dec 27, 10:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	10 hr
Dec 27, 10:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland	3 hr
Dec 27, 1:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont, Highland	7 hr
Dec 27, 1:29 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Preble	3 hr
Dec 27, 3:43 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Darke, Miami, Preble, Shelby	5 hr
Dec 27, 4:31 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren	3 hr
Dec 27, 6:27 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	13 hr
Dec 27, 6:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams	2 hr
Dec 27, 11:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	3 hr
Dec 27, 2:28 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton	6 hr

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.