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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 4, 2026Dearborn County, Franklin County, Ripley County, Indiana

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Mar 4, 2026, 8:26 PM EST for Dearborn County, Franklin County, Ripley County, Indiana. It was in force for 5 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
Mar 4, 2026, 8:26 PM EST (01:26 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2026, 1:30 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Dearborn County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Ripley County, IN

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 2026-03-05Temperature 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 2026-03-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
542 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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 Mar 4, 6:41 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:41 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 4, 8:09 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Greene, Hamilton, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and 1 more22 hr
Mar 4, 9:34 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClark, Clinton, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin and 4 more21 hr
Mar 4, 10:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton26 min
Mar 4, 11:07 PM ESTDense Fog AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin and 10 more6 hr
Mar 4, 11:58 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNGreene, Warren50 hr
Mar 5, 12:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren3 hr
Mar 5, 12:53 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNHamilton25 hr
Mar 5, 12:57 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNWarren15 hr
Mar 5, 1:09 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryILNHamilton25 hr
Mar 5, 2:44 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren11 hr
Mar 5, 5:46 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway and 1 more13 hr
Mar 5, 10:56 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking18 hr
Mar 5, 1:30 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Montgomery, Preble, Warren5 hr
Mar 5, 2:38 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningILNPike, Scioto39 hr
Mar 4, 7:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley, Union4 hr
Mar 4, 11:50 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union2 hr
Mar 5, 1:30 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley12 hr
Mar 5, 2:18 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningILNFayette, Franklin, Union11 hr
Mar 5, 10:00 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Ripley9 hr
Mar 5, 1:25 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDearborn, Franklin, Ripley5 hr
Mar 5, 1:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Franklin, Union5 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.