1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 17, 8:37 PM EST, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 937 PM EDT TUE JUL 17 2001 CONVECTION ACROSS THE CWFA THIS EVE HAS BEEN RATHER STRONGLY FORCED...WITH NICE DPVA IN THE MID/UPPER LVLS AND RATHER ROBUST LLVL WAA. FOR THE PAST FEW HOURS...ACTIVITY HAS BEEN FOCUSED ALONG MESOSCALE BNDRY DRAPED OVER SW OHIO AND EAST CENTRAL INDIANA. PWAT ON 00Z SOUNDING OVER 2 INCHES (2.04)...AND HV SEEN INCREASINGLY EFFICIENT RAINERS INCLUDING A MEASUREMENT OF 4+ INCHES IN ADAMS COUNTY IN 90 MINUTES. VERY DRY ANTECEDENT CONDS HV KEPT FLOOD THREAT DOWN SO FAR...BUT NOT REAL COMFORTABLE WITH HOW ACTIVITY IF BEGINNING TO TRAIN UP. WL BE CONSIDERING FFA THROUGH 10-1030 PM. A REST OF PREV FCST STILL LKS GOOD. .ILN...NONE. JOHNSTONE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Little Miami River overflowed its banks at Milford reaching a crest of 21.5 feet at 400 am EST on the 18th. Flood stage is 17.0 feet. Flooding occurred in low areas between Main Street and the river and along portions of Roundbottom Road in Anderson Township.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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