1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 18, 1:55 AM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
255 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2001
LATEST SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTED A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM SRN
PA...THRU NRN OH...NRN IN...THEN NWWD INTO WRN WISCONSIN. THIS
BOUNDARY WILL SAG SLOWLY SOUTH ACRS THE CWFA TODAY THRU TONIGHT.
IN THE SHORT TERM...MESOSCALE BOUNDARY ACRS THE SWRN CWFA COMBINED
WITH LVL JET/SHORTWAVE ALOFT ARE THE REASON FOR THE CURRENT
CONVECTION/VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOW LVL JET SHOULD EASE BY
MORNING...SO EXPECT CONVECTION TO EVENTUALLY WEAKEN TOWARD
DAYBREAK. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...WILL KEEP FLASH FLOOD
WATCH GOING UNTIL 6 AM EDT FOR SWRN CWFA AN LET THE PREVIOUS WATCH
THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EDT EXPIRE.
BELIEVE SKIES WILL BECOME PARTLY CLOUDY DURING THE MORNING HOURS.
AFOREMENTIONED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR MORE
CONVECTION TODAY. S/WV NOW OVER NRN IOWA WILL SLIDE SE AROUND UPR
LVL RIDGE INTO THE REGION...PROVIDING SOME UPR LVL SUPPORT. WILL
KEEP BROAD BRUSH 40 POPS GOING FOR TODAY.
FOR TONIGHT....FRONTAL BOUNDARY SETS UP NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. AVN
MODEL HINTS AT ANOTHER CONVECTIVELY INDUCED S/WV TO PIVOT JUST SW OF
THE REGION. AS IS USUALLY THE CASE...MODELS DO NOT HANDLE THESE
FEATURES WELL. WILL PLACE HIGHEST POPS IN THE SW CWFA TONIGHT
...TAPERING TO THE LOWEST VALUES ACRS THE NORTH.
ON THURSDAY...I AM NOT SEEING ANY SIGNIFICANT S/WVS. HOWEVER...
AIRMASS REMAINS SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE ACRS THE NORTH AND MORE UNSTABLE
ACRS THE SOUTH. 30 POPS IN THE AFTN NORTH AND 40 POPS (NO TIMING)
SOUTH LOOKS GOOD ATTM.
TEMPS CLOUD DEPENDENT..THUS...WILL STICK CLOSE TO MOS GUIDANCE
THROUGH THE SHORT TE8RM.
.ILN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 AM EDT FOR FAR SWRN PORTION OF CWFA
(SE IN...NRN KY).
HICKMANThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Whitewater River crested at 17.8 feet at 0600 EST on the 18th. Flood stage is 17.0 feet. Flooding of low-lying agricultural land occurred in Fayette and northern Franklin counties, with water approaching nearby county roads along the river.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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