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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 24, 2018Shelby County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2018, 10:29 AM EST for Shelby County, Ohio. It took effect at Feb 24, 2018, 9:56 PM EST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2018, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2018, 9:56 PM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2018, 5:48 PM EST
In force: 44 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 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Great Miami River at Sidney (SIDO1). The gauge peaked at 9.99 ft at Feb 25, 2018, 10:00 AM EST.

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 Feb 24, 6:57 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 6:57 AM EST, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 24, 5:22 AM EST, 5 hours 7 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
Feb 24, 7:35 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby	4 hr
Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	46 hr
Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	23 hr
Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	31 hr
Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Butler	52 hr
Feb 24, 4:15 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Adams	31 hr
Feb 24, 4:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	50 hr
Feb 24, 6:42 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison, Pickaway	65 hr
Feb 24, 5:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Union, Wayne	20 hr
Feb 24, 5:23 PM EST	River Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin	28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.