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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Wilmington, OH

February 13, 2019Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2019, 11:17 AM EST for Adams County, Scioto County, Ohio; Greenup County, Lewis County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 14, 2019, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2019, 11:17 AM EST (16:17 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 14, 2019, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 16, 2019, 2:14 AM EST
In force
45 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 16:20 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 51.10 ft at Feb 15, 2019, 5:00 AM EST.

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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 Feb 12, 5:02 PM EST, 18 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 5:02 PM EST, 18 hours 15 minutes before
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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.