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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 6, 2022Licking County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2022, 11:30 AM EDT for Licking County, Ohio. It took effect at May 6, 2022, 11:49 AM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 6, 2022, 11:30 AM EDT (15:30 UTC)
In effect from: May 6, 2022, 11:49 AM EDT
Expired: May 6, 2022, 5:45 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 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Raccoon Creek near Granville (GRNO1). The gauge peaked at 13.38 ft at May 6, 2022, 2:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03145483, 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 6, 10:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 10:22 AM EDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 10:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 6, 8:02 AM EDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 6, 8:44 AM EDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
844 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WSW MORROW            39.32N 84.19W
05/06/2022  M2.04 INCH       WARREN             OH   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LAST 24 HOURS.

&&

HICKMAN

Local storm report, May 6, 9:22 AM EDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
922 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 ESE DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS 39.94N 82.95W
05/06/2022  M1.20 INCH       FRANKLIN           OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DURING THE PAST 1.75 HOURS.

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HICKMAN

Local storm report, May 6, 10:28 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1028 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1020 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SSE GROVE CITY        39.85N 83.06W
05/06/2022  M1.38 INCH       FRANKLIN           OH   COCORAHS

            1.38 INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 7AM-10AM. RESULTED IN
            MINOR FLOODING.

&&

MEC

Local storm report, May 6, 11:15 AM EDT, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1115 AM EDT FRI MAY 6 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NEWARK                  40.06N 82.40W
05/06/2022  M1.46 INCH       LICKING            OH   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.46 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT ON 5/6 IN
            THE CITY OF NEWARK.

&&

MEC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 6, 5:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	3 hr
May 6, 7:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Delaware, Fairfield and 9 more	5 hr
May 6, 10:20 AM EDT	Flood Watch	ILN	Adams, Brown, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton and 16 more	15 hr
May 6, 1:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont	3 hr
May 6, 1:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	23 min
May 6, 1:50 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clermont	3 hr
May 6, 1:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clermont	33 min
May 6, 2:17 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clermont, Hamilton	5 hr
May 6, 2:22 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	32 hr
May 6, 2:33 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	4 hr
May 6, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Brown	3 hr
May 6, 3:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	26 min
May 6, 4:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Ross, Warren	16 hr
May 6, 4:33 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Ross	3 hr
May 6, 4:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Adams	3 hr
May 6, 4:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	34 min
May 6, 5:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hamilton	2 hr
May 6, 5:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Adams, Brown	3 hr
May 6, 5:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Hocking, Pickaway	3 hr
May 6, 5:46 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Scioto	3 hr
May 6, 5:48 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Butler	3 hr
May 6, 6:05 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Butler	85 min
May 6, 6:08 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hamilton	37 min
May 6, 3:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Mason, Robertson	3 hr
May 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mason, Robertson	3 hr
May 6, 4:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Grant, Pendleton	36 min
May 6, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken	34 min
May 6, 4:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Mason	3 hr
May 6, 4:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Bracken, Gallatin, Grant, Pendleton	2 hr

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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.