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 Aug 10, 8:00 PM EST, 29 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 900 PM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 AS HAS BEEN THE CASE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL EVENINGS...FCST CHALLENGE TONIGHT WILL BE TO DETERMINE IF PCPN WILL END BY MIDNIGHT...OR WILL SLIGHT CHC/S OF PCPN STILL BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT. KILN RADAR DEPICTED ONLY A HANDFUL OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CWFA THIS EVENING. THE STRONGEST ACTIVITY WAS LOCATED OVER NRN KENTUCKY WHERE AN UPR LVL VORT MAX WAS AIDING IN DYNAMICAL LIFT. AS THE EVENING WEARS ON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...MOST CONVECTION SHOULD CEASE WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND NO APPRECIABLE LOW LVL CONVERGENCE. HOWEVER...AM STILL CONCERNED THAT A RENEGADE SHOWER MAY LINGER OR POP UP AT ANYTIME...MAINLY OVER THE SRN CWFA...OVERNIGHT AS THE VORT MAX SLOWLY SPINS NE INTO SRN OHIO. WILL MAKE DECISION BY 10 PM EDT ON WHETHER TO HOLD ON TO A SLIGHT CHC FOR PCPN. OTHERWISE...FCST LOWS FOR TONIGHT IN THE LOWER TO MID 60S LOOK GOOD. ALSO...FCST FOR AREAS OF FOG LOOK OK ATTM. THE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BE STAGNANT AT LEAST THROUGH TUESDAY...SO EXPECT MORE AFTERNOON AND EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. .ILN...NONE. HICKMAN
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101600- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 508 AM EDT SUN AUG 10 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY SCATTERED/ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY. ANY OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT AS WELL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. TIPTON
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms with heavy rain caused localized street flooding in Carrollton during the evening.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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