1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 20, 1:19 PM EST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 219 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... CONVECTION HAS FORMED ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTH FA...WHICH WAS ALSO ALONG THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING EDGE OF MORNING FOG. EXPECT THIS EARLY ROUND OF CONVECTION TO TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET. MODELS THEN SWING H5 S/W INTO THE FA LATE TONIGHT INTO THU. MODELS DIFFER ON STRENGTH OF CONVECTION. GFS HAS BACKED OFF FROM ITS 06Z MCS WHICH PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF QPF IN INDIANA...BUT STILL BRINGS IN A NICE BULLSEYE OVER THE NORTH. THE NAM MEANWHILE WASHES OUT THE QPF...WHILE STILL BRINGING THE S/W AND 700MB OMEGA IN. ACTUALLY PREFER THE NGM SOLUTION...WHICH SWINGS QPF IN AFTER 06Z...THEN IS THROUGH THE FA BY 18Z. SITES && .SHORT TERM (THIS AFTERNOON).... UPDATED POPS THIS AFTERNOON TO PUSH THEM A LITTLE FARTHER N...AS CONVECTION HAS WORKED INTO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI/WHITEWATER VALLEYS AND IS HEADING FOR SOUTHERN CENTRAL OH. ALSO INCREASED CLOUD COVER TO PC EVERYWHERE. SITES && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 1012 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005) SHORT TERM (REST OF TODAY)... TEMPERATURES RUNNING HOTTER THAN PREVIOUS FORECAST. 12Z SOUNDING SUPPORTS TEMPS AROUND 90 TO LOWER 90S. BUMPED HIGHS UP A FEW DEGREES. INCREASED TDS ACROSS THE SOUTH ALSO. CLEZFPILN OUT. SITES PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 435 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT PERSISTS. A WEAK SHORT WAVE MAY AFFECT THE REGION TODAY...BEFORE A STRONGER SHORT WAVE COMES INTO PLAY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE IS GENERALLY IN CONTROL AT THE SURFACE. HOWEVER...THERE IS SOME LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND A MOISTURE BOUNDARY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. SOME ENHANCEMENT BY THE SHORT WAVE MAY OCCUR AS WELL. THOSE FACTORS...ALONG WITH A SHOWER ON THE RADAR...WARRANT A 20 PERCENT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. SHORT WAVES ALONG WITH A SURFACE BOUNDARY AND LOW PRESSURE COME INTO THE PICTURE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WENT WITH CHANCE POPS FOR THE WHOLE AREA FOR BOTH PERIODS. KEPT TEMPS ABOUT THE SAME...SLIGHTLY LOWER THAN MOS GUIDANCE. THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 331 PM EDT TUE JUL 19 2005 LONG TERM (THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)... MODELS ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT FOR EXTENDED PERIOD. MID LEVEL RIDGE BEGINS TO BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AT THE BEGINNING OF PERIOD. HAVE KEPT POPS IN FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY FOR ENTIRE CWA AS SEVERAL DISTURBANCES RIDE ALONG THE RIDGE. COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THOROUGH THE REGION EARLY ON FRIDAY. HOWEVER...HAVE SLIGHT POPS IN THE WEST AS A STRONG VORT IS PROGGED TO PUSH SOUTH ACROSS INDIANA. HAVE NOT STRAYED TOO FAR FROM HPC FOR DAYS 4-7. UPCOMING WEEKEND LOOKS TO BE QUITE WARM WITH UPPER LEVEL RIDGE ESTABLISHING ITSELF IN PLACE. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE LOWER 90S BY SUNDAY. HAVE INTRODUCED SLIGHT POPS STARTING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS MORE DISTURBANCES RIDE ALONG UPPER RIDGE. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 521 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-210920- 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- 521 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:39 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed along US Route 42 to the west of the intersection with US Route 127. One tree fell on a house, causing minor damage.
Scatter afternoon thunderstorms produced two inches of rain over Gallatin county during the afternoon. The heavy rain caused flooding of roads across the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, July 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: 5469819, 5469820.