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 Nov 11, 6:59 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 659 PM EST THU NOV 11 2004 .AVIATION (00Z-00Z)... EXPECT CEILINGS TO REMAIN IFR WITH LIFR IN SPOTS INTO THE EARLY MORNING AS RAIN CONTINUES WITH COLDER AIR FILTERING IN FROM THE NE BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. LOOKING AT THE LATEST RADAR RETURNS...IT APPEARS THAT THE RAIN WILL TAPER OFF BETWEEN 06Z AND 10Z. WINDS BE GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND CEILINGS SHOULD BECOME VFR MID MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON NW TO SE. && .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT)... BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...LOOKS LIKE FRONT HAS PUSHED SOUTH OF THE FA THIS EVENING WHILE RAIN HAS OVERSPREAD ALL OF OUR FA. FCST IN GOOD SHAPE BUT WILL REMOVE SOME EVENING WORDING ON UPDATE. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 300 PM EST THU NOV 11 2004 SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT)... BASED ON SURFACE OBSERVATIONS...LOOKS LIKE FRONT HAS PUSHED INTO SOUTHERN PORTION OF FA THIS AFTERNOON WHILE RAIN HAS FINALLY OVERSPREAD ALL OF OUR FA. AREA RADARS SHOWING PCPN EXTENDING BACK ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND FAR WESTERN KENTUCKY. PCPN IS OUT AHEAD OF WELL DEFINED SHORT WAVE AS DEPICTED ON WV SATELLITE IMAGERY. MODELS HAVE CONTINUED THEIR TREND OF SLOWING THINGS DOWN AND DO NOT EXPECT TO SEE AN END TO PCPN UNTIL S/W MOVES EAST OF OUR AREA. THIS NOW LOOKS TO BE SOMETIME DURING THE MORNING HOURS ON FRIDAY. AS A RESULT HAVE PUSHED BACK ENDING TIME OF PCPN IN THE WEST TONIGHT AND CONTINUED A CHANCE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS IN THE EAST ON FRIDAY. CLOUDS SHOULD ALSO HANG AROUND THROUGH THE NIGHT TONIGHT...EVEN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. THIS SHOULD HELP KEEP TEMPS SEVERAL DEGREES ABOVE FREEZING AT THE SURFACE AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOWING ANY COLD AIR ALOFT HOLDING OFF TIL ANY PCPN COMES TO AN END. AS A RESULT... EXPECT PCPN TO STAY ALL LIQUID ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. PRETTY GOOD DRYING WORKS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY SO EXPECT TO SEE CLEARING LINE PUSH SOUTHEAST THROUGH ABOUT NORTHWEST HALF OF OUR FA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE FA FRIDAY EVENING. SHOULD THEN END UP WITH GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES THROUGH MOST OF FRIDAY NIGHT...SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. WITH CAA THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT TERM...HAVE GENERALLY GONE CLOSE OR A LITTLE COOLER THAN COOLER MAV GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOR HIGHS BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. LOOKS LIKE WINDS WILL STAY UP IN THE 10 TO 15 MPH RANGE FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL HINDER RADIATIONAL COOLING SO WILL GO A LITTLE WARMER WITH LOWS. HOWEVER...WINDS MAY BE LIGHT ENOUGH SATURDAY NIGHT FOR SOME BETTER RADIATIONAL COOLER AND WILL UNDERCUT GUIDANCE A FEW DEGREES THEN. THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 300 PM EST THU NOV 11 2004 LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... EXTENDED PERIOD IS DOMINATED BY SFC HIGH PRESSURE THAT STRENGTHENS OVER THE NRN OHVLY ON SUN. CENTER OF THE HIGH REMAINS OVER OHIO MON...AND SLOWLY ELONGATES SW-NE ON TUES IN RESPONSE TO ZONAL FLOW OVER THE NRN SECTION OF THE U.S. H5 RIDGE ABOVE THE SFC HIGH NEVER REALLY MOVES EAST...THE NRN PORTION DEFORMS IN RESPONSE TO ZONAL FLOW BUT THE AXIS OVER THE GULF STATES PERSISTS THROUGH THURSDAY. THE SFC HIGH REMAINS S OF THE OHVLY IN THE ERN TNVLY FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST. AT THE SAME TIME...DEVELOPING SFC LOW OVER TX ON TUES NIGHT STRENGHTENS IN RESPONSE TO GULF ENERGY AND APPROACHING H5 LOW FROM MEXICO. STRENGHTENING SFC LOW MOVING SLOWLY N INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST MERGES WITH ANOTHER SFC LOW MOVING E FROM THE PAC NWEST. COBINED WITH SFC HIGH PARKED UNDER THE GULF STATES RIDGE...GULF OPENS UP SIGNIFICANTLY ON WED AND REMAINS OPEN THROUGH THE END OF THE FCST PERIOD. H5 LOW OVER THE MIDWEST SFC LOW WEAKENS AS IT TRIES TO MOVE THROUGH THE OHVLY AND H5 RIDGE. THIS EVOLVES INTO A PSEUDO WMFNT PRECIP EVENT CURRENTLY SLATED TO OCCUR ON FRI...BUT MODEL TRENDS WOULD PROBABLY DELAY THIS BY 12-24 HOURS. PREVIOUS FCST REMAINS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED...HAVE PUSHED BACK TIMING OF RAIN THAT WAS IN WED NITE/THURS TO THURS NITE/FRI AND THINK THAT IT MIGHT CONTINUE TO BE DELAYED BY A FEW HOURS WITH SUBSEQUENT RUNS. WITH REGARDS TO TEMPS...BELIEVE THAT THERE WILL BE A LARGER DIURNAL WITH SIGNIFICANTLY DRY AMS IN PLACE UNDER SFC HI. HAVE ONLY MODIFIED SLIGHTLY TO ACCOUNT FOR POSSIBLITY OF CI SPILLING OVER RIDGE WHICH WOULD KEEP TEMPS MORE IN LINE WITH CURRENT FCST. FRANKS && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 AM EST THU NOV 11 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>097-099-100-OHZ026-034-035- 042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-121010- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH-UNION IN- WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 510 AM EST THU NOV 11 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. RYAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain across Owen County caused some high water on roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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