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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2026, 2:18 PM EDT for Fairfield County, Licking County, Ohio. It took effect at May 24, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2026, 2:18 PM EDT (18:18 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2026, 10:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Fairfield County, OH, Licking County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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 river
Written for the forecast point South Fork Licking River (OH) at Interstate 70 near Buckeye Lake (ISVO1). The gauge peaked at 880.10 ft at May 23, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 879 ft
- Minor stage
- 880 ft
- Moderate stage
- 881.3 ft
- Major stage
- 881.7 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03144950, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 12:28 PM EDT | Flood Watch | ILN | Adams, Brown, Highland, Hocking, Pike, Ross and 1 more | 11 hr |
| May 24, 12:47 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Licking | 6 hr |
| May 24, 1:21 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Brown, Clermont, Highland, Pike | 6 hr |
| May 24, 4:42 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Adams | 18 hr |
| May 24, 5:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 19 hr |
| May 24, 5:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Adams, Pike, Ross, Scioto | 3 hr |
| May 24, 2:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 24, 5:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Bracken, Mason, Robertson | 40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.