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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 19, 2026Hocking County, Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this flash flood warning at Sep 19, 2026, 11:57 PM EDT for Hocking County, Pickaway County, Ross County, Ohio. It was in force for 9 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 19, 2026, 11:57 PM EDT (03:57 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2026, 8:38 AM EDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Hocking County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Ross County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 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 2026-09-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2396 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 2026-09-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2396 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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 Sep 19, 11:05 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 11:05 PM EDT, 52 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 6:56 PM EDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 10:29 PM EDTFlood WatchILNClinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Highland, Hocking, Pickaway and 3 more7 hr
Sep 19, 11:04 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross3 hr
Sep 20, 12:27 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWarren33 min
Sep 20, 12:59 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNClinton, Warren31 min
Sep 20, 1:05 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Butler, Clinton, Highland, Warren3 hr
Sep 20, 1:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNHighland32 min
Sep 20, 1:35 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Highland, Pike, Scioto40 min
Sep 20, 1:54 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILNClinton, Warren3 hr
Sep 20, 2:08 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNPike, Ross, Scioto37 min
Sep 20, 2:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPike, Ross7 hr
Sep 20, 2:54 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNHocking7 hr
Sep 20, 3:06 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNClermont, Hamilton6 hr
Sep 20, 3:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPickaway, Ross9 hr
Sep 20, 3:39 AM EDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatILNClermont3 hr
Sep 20, 3:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNBrown, Clermont, Clinton, Highland5 hr
Sep 20, 4:45 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNClermont, Clinton, Hamilton, Warren4 hr
Sep 20, 6:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton3 hr
Sep 20, 7:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningILNClermont, Hamilton3 hr
Sep 20, 8:38 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningILNFairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross5 hr
Sep 20, 1:07 PM EDTFlood WatchILNAdams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark and 26 more23 hr
Sep 20, 3:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams47 min
Sep 20, 4:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNAdams, Scioto23 min
Sep 20, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNScioto44 min
Sep 20, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNScioto26 min
Sep 20, 5:15 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNAdams45 min
Sep 20, 6:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNDarke37 min
Sep 20, 7:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMiami45 min
Sep 20, 7:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNButler, Preble41 min
Sep 20, 7:18 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNPreble2 hr
Sep 20, 7:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNMontgomery, Preble31 min
Sep 20, 7:45 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNButler45 min
Sep 20, 7:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNButler, Darke, Miami, Montgomery, Preble2 hr
Sep 20, 7:54 PM EDTTornado WarningILNButler, Montgomery, Warren21 min
Sep 20, 5:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementILNWayne46 min
Sep 20, 6:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Wayne34 min
Sep 20, 6:41 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILNFayette, Union, Wayne49 min
Sep 20, 6:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILNFayette, Wayne3 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.