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 Sep 16, 2:15 AM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY)... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS LOW PRESSURE NEAR NEAR KIND WITH ASSOCIATED WARM FRONT JUST SOUTH OF I-70. KILN RADAR SHOWS GOOD CONVECTIVE COVERAGE WORKING INTO CENTRAL OHIO WITH OTHER SCATTERED CONVECTION. MOST AREAS IN THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS SAW ABOUT AN INCH OF RAIN...WITH SOME FOLKS SEEING NEARLY 3 INCHES. NAM AND GFS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT. LOW MOVES EAST INTO PA THIS AFT. THIS WILL KEEP SRN FORECAST AREA IN WARM SECTOR WITH NORTHERN FA GETTING INTO SOME COLD AIR ADVECTION. BEST SYNOPTIC LIFT IS RIGHT NOW INTO 12Z WITH 20 TO 25 KT LOW LEVEL JET. WILL BACK OFF ON POPS DURING MUCH OF DAY AS LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING. BUT WILL NOT GET RIDE OF POPS. WE WILL STILL HAVE A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE SOUTHERN IN/OH AND NAM SHOWING AROUND 1000 J/KG SOUTH OF COLD FRONT. THE NEXT SHOT AT SOME LIFT WILL COME THIS EVENING NEAR PORTSMOUTH WHERE 20 KT LOW LEVEL JET ONCE AGAIN SETS UP. THIS WILL REQUIRE A BIT HIGHER POPS THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHEAST. AFTER THIS SHOT THEN WE SHOULD BE DRY FOR THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. MAV TEMPS LOOK OK WILL MAKE MINOR TWEAKS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 148 AM EDT FRI SEP 16 2005) AVIATION (06Z-06Z)... CURRENT SFC ANALYSIS INDCG MESOLOW OVER ERN INDIANA...WITH A WARM FRONT EXTENDING SE ACRS FCST AREA. SCT SHRA/TSRA HAVE DVLPD AHEAD OF SFC LO ALONG FAVORABLE LO LVL CONV AXIS ACRS WEST CNTRL OH/MIAMI VLY. CONVECTION CURRENTLY AFFECTING KDAY...AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE UNTIL WARM FRONT CAN LIFT NORTH OF DAYTON IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THIS AREA OF CONVECTION MAY ALSO AFFECT KILN/KCMH/KLCK WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. HAVE THIS COVERED WITH VCSH FOR NOW. HAVE ALSO LEFT VCSH IN KCVG/KLUK TAFS FOR DURATION OF OVERNIGHT EVEN THOUGH THESE SITES ARE BOTH IN WARM SECTOR. SFC LO WILL LIFT NE OF AREA IN MRNG HOURS AS MAIN S/WV AND ASSOCD COLD FRONT APPCHS FROM WEST FOR AFTN HOURS. HAVE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS...AS EXPECT CIGS WILL PRIMARILY REMAIN VFR IN WARM SECTOR THRU MID AFTN. HAVE LET MVFR HZ LINGER AT TAF SITES ALL MORNING. AS S/WV APPCHS IN AFTN...LIKELY TO SEE SCT CONVECTION DVLP ACRS ENTIRE FCST AREA. SBCAPES AROUND 1000 J/KG WOULD BE SUFFICIENT FOR A FEW TSRA...SO HAVE PLACED VCTS IN AT ALL TAF SITES FOR LATE AFTN/ERLY EVNG. WINDS WILL VEER TO NW BEHIND FRNTL BNDRY FOR EVNG HOURS...AND MODEL SOUNDINGS SUPPORTING CIGS/VSBYS WILL CRASH FOR FRI NIGHT. HAVE GONE SOMEWHAT CONSERVATIVE FOR LAST FEW HOURS OF TAF FCST INDCG MVFR VSBYS/CIGS. EXPECT WITH 12Z TAF ISSUANCE WILL NEED TO INTRODUCE IFR (POSSIBLY LIFR) CIGS/VSBYS FOR ALL TAF SITES FOR LATE FRI NIGHT. RYAN (ISSUED 315 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005) LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY)... THE ECMWF AND GFS SHOW HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FOR SUNDAY...AND SLIDING EAST OF THE REGION ON MONDAY. GENERALLY...HIGH TEMPS MONDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL WITH THE SOUTHERLY FLOW. BOTH MODELS SHOW A COLD FRONT PASSING ACROSS THE AREA LATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY...AND HAVE CARRIED CHANCE POPS FOR THIS PERIOD. THE 12Z GFS IS FASTER THAN THE 06Z RUN WITH THIS FEATURE...MORE IN LINE WITH THE ECMWF WHICH HAS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING FOR WEDNESDAY. THE 12Z GFS HAS THE HIGH PRESSURE MOVING MORE QUICKLY EAST THAN THE 00Z AND 06Z RUNS IN ADVANCE OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. AT THIS POINT...WILL LEAVE THURSDAY DRY...PENDING FURTHER RUNS. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 858 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-161300- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH- PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 758 AM EST THU SEP 15 2005 /858 AM EDT THU SEP 15 2005/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1146 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005 OHZ042-043-051-060-061-070-160445- BUTLER OH-DARKE OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH-SHELBY OH- 1146 PM EDT THU SEP 15 2005 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE MIAMI VALLEY OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS... AT 1138 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG THE INDIANA-OHIO BORDER...EXTENDING FROM DARKE COUNTY SOUTH INTO NORTHWEST BUTLER COUNTY. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...OXFORD...UNION CITY...EATON...GREENVILLE...NEW MADISON...AND TRENTON. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL REACH THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR...AND THE DAYTON METRO AREA AROUND 1230 AM EDT. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THESE STORMS BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. RYAN
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A persistent band of thunderstorms produced a narrow swath of three inches of rain across eastern Miami County during the early morning. The heavy rain caused several roads to flood near Troy, with one road closed.
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