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 Mar 13, 9:29 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 929 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 WV IMGRY SHWS AMPLIFIED UPR AIR FLO PTN WITH STG RDG OVR ROCKIES AND TROF OVR ERN CAN AND NE US. EMBEDDED S/WV TROF AXIS PIVOTING INTO INDIANA. SFC LO OVR CNTRL INDIANA HAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO UPR SUPPORT. TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION HAVE DVELOPED. ONE ALONG E-W ORIENTED WRMFNT WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE SFC LO THRU CNTRL OH AND THE 2ND AREA OVR IN PUSHING INTO WRN OH...AHD OF AFOREMENTIONED SFC WV. AS CONVECTION MOVES INTO MORE STABLE ENVIRONMENT EXPECT A WEAKENING TREND. IR SATL IMGRY SHWS CLD TOPS WARMING AND LTG STRIKES ARE DIMINISHING BACKING UP THIS WEAKENING TREND. THEREFORE...XPCT THIS TREND TO CONT. AS WV SWINGS THRU THE AREA TODAY...SHWRS AND A FEW ISOLD TSTMS WL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION. BACK EDGE OF PRECIP NR IND...SO ONLY EXPECT 3-4 HOURS OF RAIN. IN WAKE OF FNT CLDS HANG TOUGH IN LO LVL CAA. SFC GRADIENT INCREASES WITH WINDS BECOMING NERLY THIS AFTN. XPCT TEMPS TO DROP OFF WITH WINDS SHIFTING. WL MAKE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO FCST TO FRESHEN UP WORDING. .ILN...NONE. RANDALL
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-131130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 635 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain caused minor flooding of roadways in the Richmond vicinity.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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