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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 27, 2019Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2019, 11:43 AM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It took effect at Apr 27, 2019, 7:19 PM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2019, 11:43 AM EDT (15:43 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2019, 7:19 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2019, 4:56 PM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River at Rockford (RFDO1). The gauge peaked at 13.30 ft at Apr 28, 2019, 5:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04180988, 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 26, 3:34 PM EDT, 20 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 3:34 PM EDT, 20 hours 9 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.