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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Wilmington, OH

May 22, 20267 counties in Kentucky

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-05-22Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2026-05-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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 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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 2:21 AM EDTFlood WatchILNAdams, Brown, Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield and 11 more40 hr
May 22, 7:20 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont, Hamilton3 hr
May 22, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNCampbell, Grant, Kenton, Pendleton39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.