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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 29, 2020Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Mar 29, 2020, 9:38 AM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2020, 9:38 AM EDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2020, 3:33 PM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Licking County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fork Licking River (OH) at Newark Main Street (NMSO1).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
22 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03146402, 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 29, 6:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 6:49 AM EDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 4:25 AM EDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 29, 3:59 AM EDT, 5 hours 39 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 8:21 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDelaware39 min
Mar 28, 8:37 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNChampaign, Delaware, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Union98 min
Mar 28, 9:00 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNDelaware, Licking76 min
Mar 28, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLicking46 min
Mar 28, 9:37 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNDarke, Shelby8 hr
Mar 28, 9:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNShelby14 hr
Mar 28, 10:02 PM EDTFlash Flood WatchILNChampaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin, Licking and 5 more6 hr
Mar 28, 10:13 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNChampaign, Delaware, Licking, Union23 hr
Mar 28, 11:14 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMercer46 min
Mar 28, 11:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke26 min
Mar 28, 11:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMercer3 hr
Mar 28, 11:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Darke, Mercer, Shelby50 min
Mar 29, 12:00 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize2 hr
Mar 29, 12:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHamilton30 min
Mar 29, 12:15 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHardin30 min
Mar 29, 12:19 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAuglaize, Hardin, Logan26 min
Mar 29, 12:24 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClermont36 min
Mar 29, 12:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion41 min
Mar 29, 12:42 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton33 min
Mar 29, 7:22 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking5 hr
Mar 28, 11:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNCarroll46 min
Mar 28, 11:38 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen32 min
Mar 29, 12:04 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNBoone, Campbell, Kenton26 min
Mar 29, 1:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLewis35 min
Mar 29, 2:07 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreenup23 min
Mar 28, 11:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDearborn, Ripley25 min

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.