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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Wilmington, OH

September 19, 2026Auglaize County, Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Sep 19, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT for Auglaize County, Mercer County, Ohio. It took effect at Sep 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2026, 10:54 AM EDT (14:54 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 19, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
Expired: Sep 21, 2026, 3:41 AM EDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Auglaize County, OH, Mercer County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Marys River at Rockford (RFDO1). The gauge peaked at 12.98 ft at Sep 20, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04180988, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 19, 6:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 6:39 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 19, 3:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Butler, Warren	48 min
Sep 19, 4:00 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fayette, Pickaway	30 min
Sep 19, 4:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Franklin	24 min
Sep 19, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	35 min
Sep 19, 4:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Pickaway, Ross	34 min
Sep 19, 4:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Ross	22 min
Sep 19, 4:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway	43 min
Sep 19, 4:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Fairfield, Licking	36 min
Sep 19, 5:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Ross	26 min
Sep 19, 5:11 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILN	Fairfield, Hocking, Ross	34 min
Sep 19, 5:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Hocking	24 min
Sep 19, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	ILN	Bracken, Pendleton	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.