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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Wilmington, OH

December 28, 2015Butler County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 5:17 PM EST for Butler County, Ohio. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 8:33 PM EST. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 5:17 PM EST (22:17 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 8:33 PM EST
Expired: Dec 30, 2015, 3:00 AM EST
In force: 30 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Butler County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Great Miami River at Middletown (MDTO1). The gauge peaked at 12.50 ft at Dec 29, 2015, 12:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03272100, 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 28, 5:09 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:09 PM EST, 8 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 28, 4:39 AM EST	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 20 more	20 hr
Dec 28, 8:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pickaway	68 hr
Dec 28, 9:43 AM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	71 hr
Dec 28, 2:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	3 days
Dec 28, 3:59 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Shelby	32 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.