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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Wilmington, OH

March 26, 20124 counties in Indiana; 31 counties in Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this freeze warning at Mar 26, 2012, 4:13 AM EDT for 4 counties in Indiana; 31 counties in Ohio. It took effect at Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2012, 4:13 AM EDT (08:13 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 27, 2012, 12:00 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2012, 10:00 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Wilmington, OH
All 35 counties

Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adams County, OH, Auglaize County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Champaign County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Darke County, OH, Delaware County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Greene County, OH, Hardin County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Licking County, OH, Logan County, OH, Madison County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Miami County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Shelby County, OH, Union County, OH, Warren County, OH

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 00:00Z on 2012-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 85 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

990 
WWUS71 KILN 260813
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
413 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS
LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER. FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE RIVER...
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A RESULT...
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

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078>082-088-261615-
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/O.NEW.KILN.FZ.W.0001.120327T0400Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-
LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-
LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-
BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-
PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
413 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY. THE FREEZE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID
  20S TO THE LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS ADVANCED
  WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. SENSITIVE
  OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ066-261615-
/O.NEW.KILN.FZ.W.0001.120327T0400Z-120327T1400Z/
FRANKLIN IN-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROOKVILLE
413 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FREEZE
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...FRANKLIN COUNTY...INDIANA.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE LOWER
  30S. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS ADVANCED
  WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. SENSITIVE
  OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

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RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
413 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT TUESDAY.

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.;

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID
  30S. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO
  TUESDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...WHILE WINDS WILL STAY UP SOME OVERNIGHT...LOW LYING
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS MAY GO LOCALLY CALM WHICH MAY RESULT IN
  PATCHY FROST FORMATION. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO
  VALLEY IS ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM
  WEATHER. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF
  LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
713 
WWUS71 KILN 261327
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
927 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE LOWER GREAT
LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM
WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS
LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH
OF THE OHIO RIVER. FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE RIVER...
TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A RESULT...
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-262130-
/O.CON.KILN.FZ.W.0001.120327T0400Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
927 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID 
  20S TO THE LOWER 30S. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-262130-
/O.CON.KILN.FR.Y.0001.120327T0600Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
927 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO 
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.; 

* TEMPERATURES...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID 
  30S. 

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WHILE WINDS WILL STAY UP SOME OVERNIGHT...LOW LYING 
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS MAY GO LOCALLY CALM WHICH MAY RESULT 
  IN PATCHY FROST FORMATION. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO 
  VALLEY IS ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM 
  WEATHER. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF 
  LEFT UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
910 
WWUS71 KILN 262022
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
422 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND
OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW
TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL HOURS LATE TONIGHT
INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY NORTH OF THE OHIO
RIVER. FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE RIVER...TEMPERATURES
WILL DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A RESULT...
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-270430-
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WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
422 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
10 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

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RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
422 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO 
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY.; 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WHILE WINDS WILL STAY UP SOME OVERNIGHT...LOW LYING 
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS MAY GO LOCALLY CALM WHICH MAY RESULT 
  IN PATCHY FROST FORMATION. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO 
  VALLEY IS ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM 
  WEATHER. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF 
  LEFT UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
874 
WWUS71 KILN 270139
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
939 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE OF CANADIAN ORIGIN WILL BUILD SOUTH INTO THE LOWER
GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WITH THIS
SYSTEM WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR SEVERAL
HOURS LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING FOR LOCATIONS GENERALLY
NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND SOUTH OF THE
RIVER... TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE MID 30S.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A RESULT...
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

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MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
939 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-271200-
/O.CON.KILN.FR.Y.0001.120327T0600Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
939 PM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 10 AM EDT
TUESDAY...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT INTO 
  TUESDAY MORNING. 

* IMPACTS...WHILE WINDS WILL STAY UP SOME OVERNIGHT...LOW LYING
  AND SHELTERED LOCATIONS WILL BECOME LOCALLY CALM WHICH WILL
  RESULT IN FROST FORMATION. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO
  VALLEY IS ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM
  WEATHER. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF
  LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$
213 
WWUS71 KILN 270709
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
309 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS...

.HIGH PRESSURE HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
NEAR SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A
RESULT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-271400-
/O.CON.KILN.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
309 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-271400-
/O.CON.KILN.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
309 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO 
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN LOW LYING AND SHELTERED
  LOCATIONS. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS ADVANCED
  WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. SENSITIVE
  OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

HATZOS
692 
WWUS71 KILN 270713 CCA
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
312 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
NEAR SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A
RESULT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-271400-
/O.CON.KILN.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
312 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-271400-
/O.CON.KILN.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
312 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO 
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 40S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN LOW LYING AND SHELTERED
  LOCATIONS. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS ADVANCED
  WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. SENSITIVE
  OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

HATZOS
994 
WWUS71 KILN 270725 CCB
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
325 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED THIS MORNING...

.HIGH PRESSURE HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS...WITH THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES EXPECTED
NEAR SUNRISE THIS MORNING.

AFTER AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF UNSEASONABLY WARM WEATHER THE PAST
TWO WEEKS...VEGETATION ACROSS THE REGION HAS REACHED GROWING
STAGES THAT ARE SEVERAL WEEKS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. AS A
RESULT...SUB-FREEZING TEMPERATURES AND FROST MAY DAMAGE SENSITIVE
VEGETATION.

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-271400-
/O.CON.KILN.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
325 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF OHIO.

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS
  MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS 
  ADVANCED WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. 
  SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT 
  UNCOVERED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...A FREEZE WARNING MEANS TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW
32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT...ARE IMMINENT OR HIGHLY LIKELY IN AND
CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA.

&&

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-271400-
/O.COR.KILN.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
325 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FROST ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS
MORNING...

* LOCATIONS...PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...FAR SOUTHWEST OHIO 
  AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. 

* TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID 30S.

* TIMING...THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR EARLY THIS MORNING.

* IMPACTS...FROST IS EXPECTED TO FORM IN LOW LYING AND SHELTERED
  LOCATIONS. THE GROWING SEASON ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY IS ADVANCED
  WITH THE RECENT PROLONGED PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER. SENSITIVE
  OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE DAMAGED OR KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS LIKELY. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR
PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

&&

$$

HATZOS
856 
WWUS71 KILN 271402
NPWILN

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1002 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-271515-
/O.EXP.KILN.FZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-
DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-
MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-
PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-
BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY...
BROOKVILLE...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...
BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...PIQUA...URBANA...
SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...EATON...DAYTON...
XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...
HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...MILFORD...
GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO...WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH
1002 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FREEZE WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

TEMPERATURES HAVE WARMED WELL ABOVE FREEZING. THUS THE FREEZE
WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-271515-
/O.EXP.KILN.FR.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120327T1400Z/
RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-
CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...
RISING SUN...VEVAY...CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...
INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...
BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...CINCINNATI
1002 AM EDT TUE MAR 27 2012

...FROST ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED...

AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO WARM...THE THREAT OF FROST HAS ENDED.
THUS THE FROST ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze 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 freeze warning went out at Mar 26, 1:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 26, 1:41 AM EDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
141 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

.SYNOPSIS...
A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT WITH HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDING IN BEHIND IT ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING
TEMPERATURES MUCH CLOSER TO SEASONABLE VALUES TO START OFF THE
WEEK. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN SHIFT EAST OF THE AREA WITH A
WARMING TREND OCCURRING TUESDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...BEFORE
ANOTHER COLD FRONT ARRIVES WEDNESDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE SE TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM OUR
REGION...PUSHING OFF THE CAROLINA COAST TONIGHT. A SFC COLD FRONT
ACRS THE SRN GREAT LAKES MARKING THE LEADING EDGE OF DRIER AIR
TO PUSH SOUTHWARD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. LATEST IR SATL IMGRY
SHOWS LINGERING CLOUDS ACRS SRN OHIO AND NRN KY. THESE CLOUDS TO
CONT PUSHING SOUTH GIVING WAY TO MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER OVER CENTRAL CANADA TO NUDGE SE
BUILDING INTO THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT/MONDAY. HAVE
TWEAKED OVERNIGHT LOWS UP SLIGHTLY DUE TO LAG IN DRIER AIR.

&&

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD ACROSS THE REGION
ON MONDAY INTO MONDAY NIGHT. COLDER AIR ADVECTING INTO THE OHIO
VALLEY DURING THIS TIME WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR TO JUST BELOW
SEASONAL VALUES. COLD ADVECTION WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT MONDAY
NIGHT. WITH A FAIRLY COLD AIRMASS BEING PUSHED ACROSS THE OUR AREA
MONDAY NIGHT...SUBFREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BECOME POSSIBLE.

GIVEN THAT VEGETATION ACROSS THE AREA HAS GROWN SEVERAL WEEKS
AHEAD OF SCHEDULE...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR DAMAGE TO OCCUR TO
SENSITIVE VEGETATION. AS A RESULT...WILL CONTINUE A FREEZE WATCH
FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. OUR KENTUCKY COUNTIES MAY ESCAPE THE BRUNT OF
THE COLD AS WINDS WILL STAY UP MORE AND TEMPERATURES REMAIN IN THE
MID AND UPPER 30S. HAVE NOT MENTIONED ANY FROST AT THIS TIME AS
THERE IS CONTINUED UNCERTAINTY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR FROST
FORMATION GIVEN DRY AIRMASS...SOME LIGHT WIND AND SOME CLOUDS FROM
TIME TO TIME.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY. THIS
WILL RESULT IN A RAPID REBOUND IN TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE AREA.
HAVE FORECAST A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE GUIDANCE ON TUESDAY DUE TO
ANTICIPATION OF A BIT HIGHER MIXING LEVEL THAN MODELS ARE
CURRENTLY INDICATING...AS WELL AS PLENTY OF SUNSHINE AND DEEP WARM
ADVECTION.

LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EASTWARD OVER THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES
TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT TOWARD OUR AREA.
MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT ON DEVELOPING CONVECTION OVERNIGHT
TUESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF THE FRONT...AND BRINGING THESE STORMS INTO
OUR FORECAST AREA BEFORE SUNRISE WEDNESDAY MORNING.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH DOWN THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. WEAK
INSTABILITY OUT AHEAD OF IT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO AT LEAST SOME
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT DURING
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WITH PCPN MOVING IN DURING THE MORNING
HOURS...TIMING DOES NOT LOOK TOO FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE.
HOWEVER...DEEP LAYER SHEAR WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY
SO IF WE COULD REALIZE ENOUGH INSTABILITY...SUPPOSE WE COULD SEE A
FEW STORMS APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS WOULD BE
ACROSS OUR SOUTHEAST WHERE PCPN SHOULD ARRIVE THE LATEST.

SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FROM THE NORTH THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY AS MID AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING TRIES TO NOSE IN FROM THE
WEST. THIS WILL LEAD TO DRY CONDITIONS AND MORE SEASONABLE
TEMPERATURES FOR THURSDAY. SURFACE RIDGE AXIS MAY BE CENTERED DOWN
ACROSS OUR AREA TOWARD 12Z FRIDAY MORNING SO WE COULD END UP WITH
ANOTHER POTENTIAL FROST SITUATION THEN. AS WE START TO GET INTO
RETURN FLOW...WE SHOULD THEN SEE A WARMING TREND HEADING INTO THE
WEEKEND. MODELS ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME RESOLVING SHORT WAVE
ENERGY MOVING OUT OF THE ROCKIES BY NEXT WEEKEND. HOWEVER...THE 12Z
ECMWF LOOKS TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH THE SHORT WAVE THAN THE 00Z
ECMWF AND MORE IN LINE WITH THE 12Z GFS. WITH THIS IS MIND...WILL
KEEP A CHANCE OF LOW POPS GOING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION /06Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/...
A FRONT IS MOVING SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION...USHERING IN DRY
AIR AND NORTH-NORTHWESTERLY WINDS. AHEAD OF THE FRONT...PATCHY
DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO...WITH SOME REDUCED
VISIBILITIES FURTHER SOUTHWEST AS WELL.

THE WORST PERIOD FOR THE TAFS WILL BE IN THE NEXT TWO HOURS OR
SO...ESPECIALLY AT THE COLUMBUS TAF SITES AND KLUK. DAYTON IS
ALREADY IN THE DRY AIR...AND CINCINNATI WILL BE THERE SOON.

AFTER THE FRONT PASSES...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE
REST OF THE TAF PERIOD. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT FROM NORTH TO
NORTHEAST TO EAST...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES ACROSS THE
GREAT LAKES.

OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER EXPECTED.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
     OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-078>082-
     088.
KY...NONE.
IN...FREEZE WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING FOR
     INZ050-058-059.

&&

SYNOPSIS...LATTO
NEAR TERM...AR
SHORT TERM...LATTO
LONG TERM...JGL
AVIATION...HATZOS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 4:49 AM EDT, 23 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
449 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
078>082-088-260900-
WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-
UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-
PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-
CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO-
449 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

...FREEZE WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL
OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   FREEZE WATCH.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ077-260900-
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-
KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-
HAMILTON-
449 AM EDT SUN MAR 25 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO DROP INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S LATE
MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING. THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH WIND TO
PREVENT FROST FORMATION. HOWEVER...CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS
IN CASE FORECAST OVERNIGHT LOWS BECOME COLDER AND/OR WIND
FORECASTS BECOME LIGHTER WHICH WOULD POSE A FROST/FREEZE RISK TO
SENSITIVE VEGETATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 26, 1:38 AM EDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
138 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

OHZ046-055-056-064-065-073-074-260800-
DELAWARE-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DELAWARE...COLUMBUS...NEWARK...
CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN
138 AM EDT MON MAR 26 2012

...PATCHY DENSE FOG ACROSS THE REGION...

PATCHES OF DENSE FOG HAVE DEVELOPED IN CENTRAL OHIO. VISIBILITIES
MAY BE REDUCED TO BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA DRIVING TIME.
THE FOG IS EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE BY 4 AM...AS DRY AIR MOVES INTO
THE REGION.

HATZOS

The office that day

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

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Mar 26, 4:13 AM EDTFrost AdvisoryILNDearborn, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland30 hr

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Freeze Warnings in Ohio, 2012Freeze Warnings in Indiana, 2012Every freeze warning in 2012

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.