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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Wilmington, OH

June 28, 2025Fairfield County, Hocking County, Pickaway County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2025, 6:50 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Hocking County, Pickaway County, Ohio. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2025, 6:50 PM EDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 28, 2025, 9:45 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fairfield County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Pickaway County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 28, 7:10 PM EDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Ne Sugar Grove, OH	Water flowing over Chicken Coop Road.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 106 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

545 
WGUS51 KILN 282250
FFWILN
OHC045-073-129-290145-
/O.NEW.KILN.FF.W.0021.250628T2250Z-250629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
650 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025

The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southern Fairfield County in central Ohio...
  Northwestern Hocking County in central Ohio...
  Southeastern Pickaway County in central Ohio...

* Until 945 PM EDT.

* At 650 PM EDT, radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain 
  across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have 
  fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible. 
  Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that may experience flash flooding include...
  Lancaster, Bremen, Hide-A-Way Hills, Amanda, Stoutsville, 
  Laurelville, Sugar Grove, Tarlton, Clearport, Buena Vista in 
  Hocking County, US Route 22 at State Route 159, Rockbridge, 
  Enterprise, Hideaway Hills, North Berne and Whisler.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

To report flash flooding, go to our website at weather.gov/iln and 
submit your report via social media, when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 8248 3970 8237 3961 8242 3957 8247
      3947 8262 3947 8279 3947 8283 3965 8283

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

McGinnis

1 follow-up statement

051 
WGUS71 KILN 290136
FFSILN

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
936 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025

OHC045-073-129-290146-
/O.EXP.KILN.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-250629T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fairfield OH-Hocking OH-Pickaway OH-
936 PM EDT Sat Jun 28 2025

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD, NORTHWESTERN HOCKING AND SOUTHEASTERN PICKAWAY 
COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 3973 8248 3970 8237 3961 8242 3957 8247
      3947 8262 3947 8279 3947 8283 3965 8283

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 28, 6:37 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hardin	23 min
Jun 28, 2:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	36 min
Jun 28, 3:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clark, Greene, Miami, Montgomery	3 hr
Jun 28, 3:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	40 min
Jun 28, 4:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Clinton	42 min
Jun 28, 4:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Licking	22 min
Jun 28, 4:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Licking	2 hr
Jun 28, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	36 min
Jun 28, 5:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Licking	39 min
Jun 28, 5:19 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette	41 min
Jun 28, 5:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway	54 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	51 min
Jun 28, 6:12 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler	48 min
Jun 28, 6:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross	40 min
Jun 28, 6:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway	16 min
Jun 28, 6:39 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Warren	51 min
Jun 28, 6:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	46 min
Jun 28, 6:47 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Highland	43 min
Jun 28, 6:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILN	Clinton, Warren	8 min
Jun 28, 7:03 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Adams	42 min
Jun 28, 7:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILN	Clinton, Warren	3 hr
Jun 28, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Adams, Highland, Pike, Ross	36 min
Jun 28, 7:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pike, Ross	23 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.