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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 20, 2020Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 10:47 AM EDT for Ross County, Ohio. It took effect at Mar 21, 2020, 1:13 AM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2020, 10:47 AM EDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 21, 2020, 1:13 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 21, 2020, 10:02 AM EDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Scioto River at Chillicothe (CHCO1). The gauge peaked at 15.32 ft at Mar 22, 2020, 10:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03231500, 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 Mar 20, 10:37 AM EDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 10:37 AM EDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 10:47 AM EDT, 0 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 20, 9:59 AM EDT, 48 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
Mar 19, 8:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	35 min
Mar 19, 9:09 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	ILN	Hamilton	21 min
Mar 20, 12:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Preble	4 hr
Mar 20, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield	37 min
Mar 20, 2:03 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene, Montgomery	27 min
Mar 20, 2:34 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery	94 min
Mar 20, 3:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Montgomery, Preble	7 hr
Mar 20, 3:16 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Preble	31 min
Mar 20, 3:17 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	20 hr
Mar 20, 3:30 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Greene, Miami, Montgomery	27 min
Mar 20, 3:38 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Butler, Montgomery, Warren	27 min
Mar 20, 3:49 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Montgomery	26 min
Mar 20, 3:52 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene	6 hr
Mar 20, 3:56 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Franklin, Madison	85 min
Mar 20, 4:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Greene	33 min
Mar 20, 4:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clark	16 hr
Mar 20, 4:29 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hocking	32 hr
Mar 20, 4:32 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pickaway	72 hr
Mar 20, 4:52 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	46 min
Mar 20, 5:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler, Warren	3 hr
Mar 20, 5:07 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Madison	23 min
Mar 20, 5:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison	6 hr
Mar 20, 5:32 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	6 hr
Mar 20, 5:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Hamilton	33 hr
Mar 20, 5:34 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin, Licking	26 min
Mar 20, 5:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	32 min
Mar 20, 6:53 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Butler	14 hr
Mar 20, 6:59 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	47 hr
Mar 20, 7:04 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Greene, Warren	46 hr
Mar 20, 7:11 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	13 hr
Mar 20, 7:30 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	30 min
Mar 20, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Montgomery	5 hr
Mar 20, 7:33 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Warren	7 hr
Mar 20, 7:41 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton, Warren	13 hr
Mar 20, 7:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	32 min
Mar 20, 8:27 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton, Fayette	33 min
Mar 20, 8:34 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	19 hr
Mar 20, 8:36 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	24 min
Mar 20, 8:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin, Licking, Pickaway	32 min
Mar 20, 9:23 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	22 min
Mar 20, 9:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Delaware, Franklin, Licking	5 hr
Mar 20, 9:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Clark, Greene, Montgomery, Preble	23 hr
Mar 20, 10:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Pike, Scioto	4 days
Mar 20, 11:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin, Madison	24 hr
Mar 20, 11:13 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	46 hr
Mar 20, 12:11 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Champaign, Clark, Delaware, Miami, Montgomery, Union	64 min
Mar 20, 1:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clark, Delaware, Franklin, Madison	44 min
Mar 20, 1:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Licking, Madison and 1 more	65 min
Mar 20, 4:31 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Franklin, Pickaway	24 hr
Mar 20, 4:38 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Boone	37 min
Mar 20, 1:57 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Union	4 hr
Mar 20, 2:53 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	35 min
Mar 20, 5:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	3 hr
Mar 20, 6:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Dearborn, Ripley	3 hr
Mar 20, 6:50 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ripley	40 min
Mar 20, 7:22 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Dearborn	23 min
Mar 20, 8:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILN	Fayette, Franklin, Union	24 hr

Nearby

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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.