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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Wilmington, OH
NWS Wilmington, OH issued this river flood warning at Sep 21, 2026, 10:09 AM EDT for Pike County, Scioto County, Ohio. It took effect at Sep 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2026, 10:09 AM EDT (14:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2026, 9:47 PM EDT
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Wilmington, OH
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Scioto River at Piketon (PKTO1). The gauge peaked at 21.30 ft at Sep 22, 2026, 9:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 36 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03237020, 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 21, 6:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:49 AM EDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Wilmington, OH issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 20, 8:02 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | ILN | Butler, Warren | 17 min |
| Sep 20, 8:06 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 8:17 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Butler, Greene, Montgomery, Warren | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:19 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 41 min |
| Sep 20, 8:36 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Clinton, Greene, Warren | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 8:37 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison | 38 min |
| Sep 20, 8:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Pickaway | 34 min |
| Sep 20, 8:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Clinton | 52 min |
| Sep 20, 9:00 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Highland, Madison | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:06 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Greene | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:10 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Fayette, Pickaway | 65 min |
| Sep 20, 9:13 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Clinton, Warren | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fayette, Highland, Pickaway, Ross | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 9:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hocking, Ross | 67 min |
| Sep 20, 10:13 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Fairfield, Fayette, Madison, Pickaway, Pike, Ross | 3 hr |
| Sep 20, 10:17 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway, Ross | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 10:37 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILN | Fairfield, Hocking, Pickaway | 6 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:27 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILN | Fayette, Greene, Madison | 2 hr |
| Sep 20, 11:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILN | Delaware, Union | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:38 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Greene, Warren | 18 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | ILN | Hamilton | 27 min |
| Sep 21, 8:57 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | ILN | Hocking | 29 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.