3 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 19, 6:35 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 735 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .AVIATION (12Z-12Z)... THUNDERSTORMS PERSIST ALONG WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS FROM LAKE MICHIGAN LOW PRESSURE. CVG AND LUK ARE EXPERIENCING MOST ACTIVITY...WITH OTHER SITES ON THE NORTHERN FRINGE. EXPECT STORMS TO DIMINISH BY MID MORNING AFTER LOW LEVEL JET WEAKENS. MORE CONVECTION MAY FIRE THIS AFTERNOON AFTER CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURE IS REACHED. MIST WILL FORM LATE TONIGHT IN LIGHT WINDS. && .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE CENTERED OVER THE LOWER MS VALLEY TO CONT TO DOMINATE THE SRN TIER OF THE COUNTRY. A SERIES OF MCS/S HAVE DEVELOPED FROM NRN MO THRU SRN IN AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THIS RIDGE IN THE FAVORABLE AXIS OF LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO PIVOT AROUND THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE MAINLY THRU THE SRN PORTION OF FA THIS MORNING. AS THEY MOVE AWAY FROM THE GENESIS REGION EXPECT TO SEE WEAKENING. HAVE MENTIONED SCTD TSTMS IN RESPONSE TO THESE STORMS TDA. THE REGION IN THE WARM SECTOR LATER TDA WITH MAIN S/W MOVG THRU THE GREAT LAKES. EXPECT A LULL IN CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY DURG LATE EVENING INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. NEXT SIGNIFICANT S/W TO DROP THRU THE GREAT LAKES SAT/SAT NIGHT. EXPECT TSTMS TO DEVELOP ON PRE-FRONTAL TROF SAT AFTN WITH COLD FRONT TO PASS THRU THE RGN SAT NIGHT. SBCAPES OF 4000-5000 J/KG EXPECTED IN THE WARM AND HUMID AMS WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE MID 70S. HAVE INCREASED POPS INTO LIKELY CAT ON SAT. BASED ON INSTBY AND MID LEVEL WIND FLOW SEVERE STORMS WL BE POSSIBLE SAT WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS. WL MENTION THIS THREAT IN THE HWO. IN NORTHWEST FLO ALOFT SFC HI PRESSURE BEGINS TO NOSE IN LATE SAT NIGHT SUNDAY. COOLER AND DRIER AMS INSTORE FOR SUNDAY INTO THE FIRST PART OF THE NEW WEEK. TEMP WISE...PREFER VALUES A LTL ABV MAV GUID TDA THRU SAT IN WARM SECTOR AND THEN STAYED CLOSE SAT NIGHT AND SUNDAY. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 300 PM EDT THU AUG 18 2005) LONG TERM (SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... WARM FRONT PROGGED TO SWING THROUGH FCST AREA OVERNIGHT FRI WITH AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT FROM THE MIDWEST DURING THE DAY SAT. 6Z NAM WAS DRY WITH COLD FROPA...BUT CHANCE POPS ARE WARRANTED AT A MINIMUM. BY SUN MORN...CDFNT IS WELL SE OF OH AND FCST AREA WITH DRY CONDITIONS THROUGH NEXT THURS AS HIGH PRESSURE PASSES N OF FCST AREA AND FILTERS IN DRY AIR ON N WINDS. WINDS SLOWLY TURN S BY THURS...AS RETURN FLOW SETS UP WITH THE HIGH TO THE EAST AND ANOTHER COLD FRONT DRAPED N-S OVER THE MIDWEST AND GREAT PLAINS REGION. MON AND TUES NIGHT APPEAR TO BE EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING NIGHTS AND DEPENDING ON HOW DRY THE AIRMASS IS COULD BE A BIT COOLER THAN FORECAST. BELIEVE THAT DAYTIME TEMPS MAY BE ON THE COOL SIDE TUES AND WED AS A DRIER AIRMASS WOULD QUICKLY HEAT UP. FRANKS && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 536 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-200933- 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- 536 AM EDT FRI AUG 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY HOT HUMID WEATHER IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TODAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A cluster of strong thunderstorms tracked across southeast Indiana during the pre-dawn hours. The thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain, causing flooding of roads and creeks to rise out of their banks.
A cluster of strong thunderstorms tracked across southeast Indiana during the pre-dawn hours. The thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain, causing flooding of roads and creeks to rise out of their banks.
A cluster of strong thunderstorms tracked across southeast Indiana during the pre-dawn hours. The thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain, causing flooding of roads and creeks to rise out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5468845, 5468846, 5468847.