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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 17, 2019Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2019, 6:41 AM EDT for Champaign County, Clark County, Greene County, Ohio. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2019, 6:41 AM EDT (10:41 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2019, 4:50 AM EDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Greene County, OH

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mad River near Springfield (SGFO1).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03269500, 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 May 17, 4:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 4:46 AM EDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:23 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 3:56 AM EDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 4:10 AM EDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 5:04 AM EDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 5:48 AM EDT, 53 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
May 16, 9:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	36 min
May 16, 10:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Mercer	46 min
May 16, 10:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	26 min
May 16, 10:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Mercer	38 min
May 16, 11:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby	38 min
May 16, 11:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer	32 min
May 16, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Mercer, Shelby	46 min
May 17, 12:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	33 min
May 17, 12:39 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Logan, Shelby	51 min
May 17, 12:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	3 hr
May 17, 12:51 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Auglaize	24 min
May 17, 1:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Logan	3 hr
May 17, 1:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	36 min
May 17, 1:28 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Logan	32 min
May 17, 1:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	37 min
May 17, 1:40 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Shelby	3 hr
May 17, 1:50 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Logan	3 hr
May 17, 2:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Mercer	6 hr
May 17, 2:09 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Miami	36 min
May 17, 2:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Champaign, Logan, Madison, Union	3 hr
May 17, 2:45 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Shelby	30 min
May 17, 4:41 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Auglaize, Champaign, Logan, Shelby, Union	3 days
May 17, 6:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Shelby	46 hr
May 17, 11:05 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison, Pickaway	52 hr
May 17, 3:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	37 min
May 17, 3:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	51 min
May 17, 3:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clinton, Highland	47 min
May 17, 4:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Hamilton	23 min
May 17, 4:43 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	32 min
May 17, 4:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	30 min
May 17, 5:15 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Scioto	30 min
May 17, 5:27 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clermont	48 min
May 17, 5:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Scioto	26 min
May 17, 5:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	29 min
May 17, 5:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Brown, Clermont	42 min
May 17, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Scioto	29 min
May 17, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	32 min
May 17, 6:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	31 min
May 17, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	32 min
May 17, 3:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Carroll	32 min
May 17, 4:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant	26 min
May 17, 5:05 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Campbell, Kenton	25 min
May 17, 5:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Campbell	28 min
May 17, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pendleton	22 min
May 17, 6:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	36 min
May 17, 6:42 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Lewis	33 min
May 17, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	23 min
May 17, 4:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	33 min

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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.