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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 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
- May 22, 2026, 7:00 PM EDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 101 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 721 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 22, 1:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 1:29 PM EDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 1:42 PM EDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 142 PM EDT Fri May 22 2026 INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>054-060>062-231000- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Preble-Montgomery-Greene- 142 PM EDT Fri May 22 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Indiana, central Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Showers and embedded thunderstorms could produce locally heavy rain this afternoon into tonight that may result in spotty minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>093-OHZ055-063-070>072-077>081-231000- Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone- Kenton-Campbell-Fayette-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Hamilton-Clermont- Brown-Highland-Adams- 142 PM EDT Fri May 22 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, central Ohio, south central Ohio and southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon 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. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KYZ094>100-231000- Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis- 142 PM EDT Fri May 22 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for northeast Kentucky and northern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This afternoon 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. In addition, an isolated storm could become strong to severe with damaging wind or even a tornado late this afternoon into this evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. OHZ056-064-065-073-074-082-088-231000- Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-Ross-Hocking-Pike-Scioto- 142 PM EDT Fri May 22 2026 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio and south central Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon 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. Scattered thunderstorms will be possible Saturday. An isolated storm could become strong to severe with damaging wind or even a tornado during the afternoon. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:21 AM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 11 more | 40 hr |
| May 22, 7:20 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clermont, Hamilton | 3 hr |
| May 22, 6:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Campbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton | 39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.