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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 24, 20189 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood watch at Sep 24, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT for 9 counties in Ohio; 12 counties in Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2018, 4:00 AM EDT (08:00 UTC)
Expired: Sep 26, 2018, 3:45 AM EDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Flood severity: None

All 25 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Sep 24, 2:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 2:02 AM EDT, 1 hour 58 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
Sep 24, 1:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	4 hr
Sep 24, 4:13 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clermont	5 hr
Sep 24, 6:55 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pendleton	28 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Ohio, 2018 Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.