14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash 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 Apr 14, 1:59 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 259 AM EDT FRI APR 14 2006 .SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT FROM SRN WISCONSIN INTO EASTERN INDIANA. KIND TEMP HAS RISEN 3 DEGREE IN THE PAST HOUR AND TD HAS RISEN 8 DEGREES. REGIONAL RADAR SHOWS STRONG CONVECTION FROM NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA WITH SEVERE CONVECTION IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. IR IMAGERY SHOWING EXPANDING COLD TOPS WITH CONVECTION. WILL BE DEALING WITH STRONG STORMS EARLY THIS MORNING AS STRONG MID LEVEL WAVE WORKS QUICKLY EAST IN THE MID LEVEL FLOW. A FEW STORMS MAY EVEN END UP BEING SEVERE IN THE TRI-STATE. ONCE EARLY MORNING CONVECTION COMES TO AN END...CLOUDS WILL MIX OUT ALLOWING FOR PLENTY OF HEATING. TEMPS SHOULD RISE QUICKLY TO AT OR JUST ABOVE YESTERDAYS HIGHS BY EARLY AFTERNOON. TDS WILL ALSO BE ON THE RISE...BRINGING US ONE OF OUR FIRST MUGGY TYPE DAYS. STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT AS ANOTHER MID LEVEL WAVE INTERACTS WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. CAPES ARE EXPECTED TO CLIMB TO OVER 3,000 J/KG. 0-6 KM SHEAR IS PROGGED TO BE 20 TO 40 KTS. DELTA THETA-E IS PROGGED TO BE > 25 WITH WET BULB ZERO EXPECTED TO BE AROUND 9 KFT. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL THEN OSCILLATE BETWEEN OHIO/INDIANA AND KENTUCKY THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM. MID LEVEL FLOW REMAINS FAST WHICH MEANS THAT WE WILL HAVE PERIODIC CONVECTIVE THREATS. AT THIS POINT IT LOOKS LIKE BEST THREATS FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG TO SEVERE THREAT WILL OCCUR MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. TIPTON && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE EXTENDED. FOR THOUGHTS OF PREVIOUS FORECASTER SEE BELOW. && .AVIATION /06Z-06Z/... TSTM COMPLEX DROPPING ACRS CNTRL ILLINOIS AND NW INDIANA ATTM. WHILE COMPLEX HAS SHOWN SOME SIGNS OF WEAKENING...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR ADVECTING INTO REGION AS STRONG 50+ KT 850 LLJ APPCHS FROM SW. THIS SHOULD ALLOW FOR TSTMS TO MAINTAIN THEMSELVES INTO TAFS IN A FEW HOURS. HAVE REFINED THE TIMING A BIT FROM 00Z TAFS...BRINGING TSTMS TO KDAY AT 08Z...KCVG/KLUK/KILN AT 09Z AND KCMH/KLCK AROUND 0930Z. BEST THREAT FOR DMG WINDS WITH LINE ARE WITH SRN FLANK OF STORMS MOVING THRU CNTRL ILLINOIS. THESE STORMS MOVING SE...AND LIKELY TO AFFECT CVG METRO AND SRN PORTIONS OF FCST AREA. HAVE INCLUDED STRONGER WIND GUSTS WITH TSTM TEMPOS AT KCVG/KLUK/KILN. FURTHER NORTH TSTMS SHOULD NOT BE AS INTENSE. TSTMS WILL BE EAST OF TAF SITES BY 13-14Z WITH SKIES LKLY TO CLEAR OUT. HAVE KEPT BKN CU THROUGHOUT THE DAY...BUT THINK THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF FEW/SCT CLOUDS. MODEL SOUNDINGS ALSO INDCG VERY GOOD BNDRY LYR MIXING DURING THE DAY...AND HAVE INSERTED GUSTS THRU MID AFTN. ALL MODEL DATA INDCG ATMOSPHERE BECMG QUITE UNSTABLE DURING AFTN HOURS WITH SBCAPES CLIMBING ABV 4000 J/KG. THIS COMBINED WITH ANY LEFTOVER BNDRYS FROM TSTMS THIS MRNG SHOULD ALLOW FOR SCT TSTMS TO DVLP BY MID AFTN. TSTMS LKLY TO CONSOLIDATE INTO ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ACRS SRN FCST AREA FRI EVNG AS MID LVL S/WV APPCHS FROM NORTHWEST. HAVE HIT TSTMS HARDER AT SRN TAF SITES (KCVG/KLUK/KILN) FRI EVNG. MORE DETAIL WILL BE EMPLOYED INTO THIS COMPLEX WITH FUTURE TAF FCSTS AS WX EVOLVES DURING DAY FRI. RYAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 340 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006/ LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE NEXT WEEK. UPPER TROUGH AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW WILL BRING THE LIKELIHOOD FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AND A CHANCE ON MONDAY. AFTER A BRIEF PERIOD OF DRY HIGH PRESSURE ON MONDAY NIGHT...THE CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FOR TUESDAY THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A SLOW MOVING CUT OFF UPPER LOW AND ATTENDANT SURFACE LOW AND FRONTS. WITH LITTLE COLD ADVECTION INDICATED...TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH MOST THE PERIOD. READINGS MAY DROP BELOW NORMAL NEXT THURSDAY WHEN THE UPPER LOW TAKES AIM AT THE REGION. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 351 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-142000- 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- 351 PM EDT THU APR 13 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST AND DROP SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL LINGER ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:41 UTC.
14 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Three homes and a barn sustained structural damage. A business on Schenk Road had part of its roof removed.
There was scattered damage at a mobile home park affecting four mobile homes. A metal carport was heavily damaged. Three evergreen trees were also downed.
Power lines were knocked down.
Trees were downed.
Trees were knocked down across the county. A concrete dugout at a baseball field at Wilmington High School sustained severe damage and had its roof torn off.
Trees and power poles were knocked down. Penny size hail also occurred.
Several buildings sustained roof damage. A few trees were also downed.
High water flooded several roads, including Lock Two Road and Plattner Road. One home had water damage.
Several roads were flooded.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 2006
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: 5499510, 5499511, 5499423, 5499424, 5499509, 5499493, 5499492, 5499494, 5499495, 5499496, 5499497, 5499498, 5499500, 5499499, 5499501, 5499502, 5499503, 5499504, 5499506, 5499507, 5499505, 5499508, 5499512, 5499513.