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 Sep 3, 2:38 AM EST, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 338 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 LATEST SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS BNDRY NEAR AND DAY AND CMH. THE SIGNIFICANT PCPN IS CONFINED WELL SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...MAINLY IN THE SE. FOR TODAY...AT LEAST FOR OUR FCST AREA...MODELS IN FAIR AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR FEATURES. THE ETA IS SLOWER WITH THE COLD FRONT AND THE GFS HAS AN UNREALISTIC VORT SOUTH OF OLD BNDRY THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM...THE ETA HAS BEEN A BIT BETTER WITH PAINTING QPF AND BNDRY POSITIONS FOR THIS EVENT...SO WILL TREND TOWARD IT. BOTH THE GFS AND ETA SHOW BEST FORCING RESTRICTED TO THE FAR SOUTH AS THE OLD BNDRY FINALLY MOVES OFF TO THE SE AND A TRAILING COLD FRONT PASSES ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. BOTH MODELS SHOW SOME WEAK LL CONV WITH THE COLD FRONT...AND WITH CAPES OF 300-800 J/KG BY LATE AFTERNOON...SOME THUNDERSTORMS COULD CERTAINLY DEVELOP. AS FOR THE THE FLOOD WATCH...ALTHOUGH THE WATCH AREA SOIL IS SATURATED FROM EARLIER RAINS...MODEL TRENDS ARE PUSHING THE HEAVY RAIN FARTHER TO THE SOUTH. THEREFORE...WILL CANCEL THE FLOOD WATCH. REST OF FCST MUCH MORE MUNDANE. THE AREA WILL DRY OUT THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS. CURRENT FCST TEMPS A LITTLE COOLER THAN MAV AND FWC GUIDANCE LOOK FINE AS BOTH HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY TOO WARM BEHIND COLD FRONTS LATELY. .ILN... NONE
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-031145- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 540 AM EDT WED SEP 3 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY RECENT RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN SOME RIVER FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY 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 produced one to two inches in the Washington Court House area during the morning. Several roads were flooded, with one car stranded in three feet of water.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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