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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 5, 2018Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2018, 11:01 AM EDT for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 6, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 5, 2018, 11:01 AM EDT (15:01 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 6, 2018, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 8, 2018, 12:00 AM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Greenup County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Adams County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Portsmouth (PORO1). The gauge peaked at 50.69 ft at Apr 6, 2018, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 50 ft
Moderate stage: 57 ft
Major stage: 66 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03217200, 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 Apr 5, 9:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 9:49 AM EDT, 1 hour 12 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
Apr 5, 3:44 AM EDT	Winter Storm Watch	ILN	Adams, Brown, Pike, Scioto	24 hr
Apr 5, 10:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	12 hr
Apr 5, 4:20 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Delaware	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Ohio, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.