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 Apr 13, 10:06 AM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1106 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 .DISCUSSION... UPDATED TO ADD FLOOD WATCH SFC LOW IN EASTERN TN...WILL LIFT NORTHEAST JUST WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS TODAY. EXPECT THE PERIODS OF RAIN TO CONTINUE DUE TO THE LIFT FROM THE SFC LOW...AND THE DEFORMATION ZONE FROM UPPER LOW THAT SWINGS THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWERED TEMPERATURES A CATEGORY IN THE WEST. WITH RAIN...CLOUDS AND NORTH WIND...DONT EXPECT MUCH OF A RISE IN TEMPERATURES. IN THE SOUTHEAST...KEPT TEMPERATURES STEADY IN THE MID 40S. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR KYZ099-100. OH...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR OHZ081-082-088. && SITES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 505 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-131105- 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- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 505 AM EDT TUE APR 13 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT AS LOW PRESSURE LIFTS NORTH INTO WEST VIRGINIA. MANY LOCATIONS WILL SEE BETWEEN ONE HALF AND ONE INCH THROUGH THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY 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.
Scattered thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain across the northeast part of the county. The heavy rain produced flooding of a few roads near Minford.
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