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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Wilmington, OH

April 4, 2025Adams County, Brown County, Scioto County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Apr 4, 2025, 6:46 AM EDT for Adams County, Brown County, Scioto County, Ohio; 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2025, 6:46 AM EDT (10:46 UTC)
Expired
Apr 4, 2025, 10:23 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bracken County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2025-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2025-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -206 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-206 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Apr 4, 4:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 4:17 AM EDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 5:16 AM EDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
516 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

OHZ026-034-035-043-044-051100-
Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Shelby-Logan-
516 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-045-046-051>056-
060>065-070>074-077>082-088-051100-
Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-
Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-
Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Darke-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-
Licking-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-
Clinton-Ross-Hocking-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-
Scioto-
516 AM EDT Fri Apr 4 2025

...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana,
southeast Indiana, northeast Kentucky, northern Kentucky, central
Ohio, south central Ohio, southwest Ohio and west central Ohio.

.DAY ONE...Today and tonight.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the
Internet for more information about the following hazards.

   Flood Watch.

In addition, a few strong to severe storms will be possible Saturday
afternoon and evening. Damaging winds and large hail will be the
primary severe weather threats.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 4, 1:23 AM EDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 12:03 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Clark, Fayette, Greene, Madison, Montgomery and 2 more3 hr
Apr 4, 12:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont, Hamilton9 hr
Apr 4, 12:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNAdams70 hr
Apr 4, 12:15 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton3 hr
Apr 4, 1:24 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAdams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike, Ross and 1 more8 hr
Apr 4, 2:09 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway and 2 more6 hr
Apr 4, 3:22 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNButler5 days
Apr 4, 5:08 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Clinton, Hamilton, Preble, Warren5 hr
Apr 4, 5:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNGreene, Warren3 days
Apr 4, 5:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNWarren3 days
Apr 4, 5:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNPike, Scioto6 days
Apr 4, 5:23 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNPickaway5 days
Apr 4, 5:36 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNLicking7 hr
Apr 4, 7:02 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking71 hr
Apr 4, 7:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNRoss4 hr
Apr 4, 8:42 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNHocking3 hr
Apr 4, 8:56 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNBrown, Clermont3 hr
Apr 4, 9:09 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown, Highland, Pike, Ross, Scioto3 hr
Apr 4, 10:23 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto101 min
Apr 4, 11:56 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton41 hr
Apr 4, 12:24 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton7 days
Apr 4, 12:28 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont21 days
Apr 4, 12:29 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNAdams, Brown21 days
Apr 4, 12:33 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto5 days
Apr 4, 1:18 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNAdams, Scioto45 hr
Apr 4, 4:19 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Butler, Clermont, Hamilton, Warren66 hr
Apr 4, 4:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway and 2 more6 hr
Apr 4, 1:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen7 hr
Apr 4, 3:22 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen51 hr
Apr 4, 4:43 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNCampbell, Kenton, Pendleton4 days
Apr 4, 9:11 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Owen3 hr
Apr 4, 12:26 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin7 days
Apr 4, 1:35 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNCarroll, Gallatin, Grant, Owen, Pendleton4 days
Apr 4, 3:03 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley49 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.