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Flood Watch 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 3, 20178 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flood watch at May 3, 2017, 11:37 PM EDT for 8 counties in Ohio; 6 counties in Indiana. It took effect at May 4, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 3, 2017, 11:37 PM EDT (03:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2017, 12:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 5, 2017, 2:23 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: None

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Auglaize County, OH, Darke County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Logan County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Preble County, OH, Shelby County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at May 3, 8:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 8:09 PM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Flood Watches in Ohio, 2017 Flood Watches in Indiana, 2017 Every flood watch in 2017

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.