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Flash Flood Warning 88, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 16, 2026Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 16, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. 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
Sep 16, 2026, 3:09 AM EDT (07:09 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 2026, 6:44 AM EDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:08 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 142 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 2026-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1364 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2026-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1364 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 12:38 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMercer37 min
Sep 16, 2:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNMercer22 min
Sep 16, 4:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNAuglaize, Shelby3 hr
Sep 16, 6:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNMercer4 hr
Sep 16, 2:55 PM EDTFlood WatchILNAuglaize, Champaign, Clark, Darke, Delaware, Franklin and 11 more23 hr
Sep 16, 4:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke37 min
Sep 16, 4:39 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke36 min
Sep 16, 4:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAuglaize34 min
Sep 16, 4:55 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNDarke3 hr
Sep 16, 4:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami33 min
Sep 16, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Preble45 min
Sep 16, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNMiami, Shelby49 min
Sep 16, 5:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke43 min
Sep 16, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNDarke, Montgomery, Preble46 min
Sep 16, 5:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNChampaign, Clark39 min
Sep 16, 5:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAllen48 min
Sep 16, 5:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNLogan43 min
Sep 16, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami44 min
Sep 16, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNUnion37 min
Sep 16, 6:27 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPreble3 hr
Sep 16, 6:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNGreene48 min
Sep 16, 6:54 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningILNPreble3 hr
Sep 16, 4:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne33 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.