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, 6:20 AM EST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 720 AM EDT TUE JUL 18 2001 RAIN HAS ENDED ACRS THE CWFA BUT AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS AND FOG HAS FORMED WHERE SKIES CLEARED. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. FOG/LOW CLOUDS SHOULD BURN OFF BETWEEN 9 AM AND 11 AM...GIVEN NO TSTM DEBRIS BLOW OFF FROM THE PLAINS STATES PREVENTS INSOLATION. .ILN...NONE. HICKMAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Great Miami River rose to around 17.0 feet at 1300 EST, above the flood stage at 16.0 feet. Water approached summer cottages along the river in Miamitown.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2001
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5257103.