Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon as a cold front dropped south through the area.
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Numerous showers and thunderstorms developed during the afternoon as a cold front dropped south through the area.
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 19, 12:56 PM EST, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 156 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 .SYNOPSIS... NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD FRONT THAT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE FRONT WILL DROP SOUTH INTO THE TENNESSEE VALLEY OVERNIGHT WITH RAIN COMING TO AN END. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY... BRINGING DRY AND PLEASANT WEATHER THROUGH THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS IS SOUTH OF THE MORE EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WHERE HEATING HAS ALLOWED CAPE TO RISE TO AROUND 2000 J/KG. EXPECT THESE STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TO CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST SOUTHEAST THROGH ABOUT 22Z. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION BY THIS EVENING. IT APPEARS THAT AVAILABLE INSTABILITY WILL BE LOWER BY THE TIME THE FRONT MOVES THROUGH. PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY AFTER THE FRONT PASSES WITH CLOUDS DECREASING LATER AT NIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... FRONT WILL BE WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION BY DAYBREAK FRI...WITH BROAD CANADIAN SFC HI BUILDING IN FROM NORTHWEST. COMBINATION OF LO LVL CAA...NRLY FLO AND LEFTOVER BNDRY LYR MOISTURE WILL ENABLE SCT/BKN CU DVLPMNT FRI AFTN. ANOTHER SPOKE OF MID LVL ENERGY DROPPING THRU THE UPR TROF FRI AFTN SHOULD ENHANCE CU DVLPMNT AND WILL HOLD THE TROF AXIS BACK ACRS REGION INTO FRI NIGHT. 00Z NAM TRYING TO SPIT OUT SOME ISOLD CONVECTION WITH THIS FEATURE FRI EVNG...BUT THINK THIS IS OVERDONE WITH BROAD SUBSIDENCE DVLPG ABV BNDRY LYR ALONG WITH AN ENHANCED MID LVL INVERSION. UPR TROF AXIS WILL PULL EAST OF FCST AREA FRI NIGHT AS SFC HI CENTERS OVER THE REGION...WITH CLR SKIES AND LGT WINDS. SFC HI WILL REMAIN ACRS OH VLY FOR SAT WITH A DRY AND PLEASANT AIRMASS. SHOULD SEE PLENTY OF SUNSHINE WITH ANTICYCLONIC FLO SAT AND INCREASING SUBSIDENCE THRU MUCH OF THE ATMOSPHERE. TEMPS...FRI WILL BE A GIFT FOR A MID JUL DAY...WITH TEMPS IN THE U70S TO AROUND 80 AND LOW HUMIDITIES. SIMILAR CONDITIONS SAT...WITH EXCEPTION OF A LITTLE MORE IN WAY OF SUNSHINE AS CAA SLACKENS. IDEAL RADIATIONAL COOLING SETUP BOTH FRI/SAT NIGHTS UNDER MSTLY CLR SKIES AND LGT WINDS. UNDERCUT MAV GUID A BIT BOTH NIGHTS...WITH TEMPS IN 50S. RYAN && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... FOLLOWED HPCS SOLUTION THROUGH THE PERIOD . IT APPEARS THAT THE ECMWF CONTINUES TO BE MORE OF AN OUTLIER AS IT STILL HOLDS ON TO RETROGRESSION OF THE MID-LEVEL VORTEX NEAR THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES...WHEREAS IT WAS THE OPERATIONAL 00Z GFS THAT SHOWED MORE SUPPORT FROM THE 00Z NCEP ENSEMBLE MEAN IN SHOWING PROGRESSIVE TENDENCY OF THIS SYSTEM. IT WAS THE 00Z GFS MODEL OF CHOICE THAT THE MAIN SYNOPTIC FEATURES WERE DRAWN FROM. THE 12Z OPERATIONAL GFS ALSO SHOWED CONTINUITY WITH THE 00Z GFS MODEL RUN. FOR THIS PERIOD...HIGH PRESSURE DOMINATES THE WEATHER PATTERN. BY MONDAY THERE IS SOMEWHAT OF A BREAKDOWN WITH THE SURFACE RIDGE AS PERTURBATIONS ARE FORECAST TO RIDE OVER THE RIDGE. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME SIGNALS INDICATING LOW POPS POSSIBLE IN ASSOCIATING WITH THESE IMPULSES...GIVEN HIGH UNCERTAINTY HAVE KEPT MENTION OF PRECIP OUT OF THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE RAPIDLY DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION AND WILL IMPACT KCVG...KLUK AND POSSIBLY KILN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. EXPECT STORMS TO BRING A PERIOD OF IFR CONDITIONS. WIND GUSTS OVER 40 KT ARE NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER. SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE TAF SITES FURTHER NORTH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR WITH THE COLD FRONT AS IT SWEEPS THROUGH THE TERMINALS BETWEEN 22Z AND 01Z. SCATTERED CUMULUS WILL LINGER FOR SEVERAL HOURS AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE BEFORE SKIES CLEAR. THEN STRATOCUMLUS WILL DEVELOP WITH HEATING ON FRIDAY. OUTLOOK...NO WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 109 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 INZ058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>073-077>082-088-200915- FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND- CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN- ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 109 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 542 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. INZ050-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-074-200915- WAYNE-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE- MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY- GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING- 109 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING AFTER A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. HOWEVER...EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER WILL LIMIT THE INSTABILITY AHEAD OF THE FRONT. ONE OR TWO STORMS COULD PRODUCE WIND GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH...BUT MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. WITH ABUNDANT AVAILABLE MOISTURE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SINCE ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER THAT THEY OBSERVE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
939 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0911 PM TSTM WND DMG MOUNT OLIVET 38.53N 84.04W
07/18/2007 ROBERTSON KY EMERGENCY MNGR
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO TWO BARNS AND NUMEROUS LARGE LIMBS
DOWN
0930 PM TSTM WND DMG 3 S MAYSVILLE 38.59N 83.78W
07/18/2007 MASON KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
2 TREES DOWN BLOCKING ROADS
1205 AM TSTM WND DMG CLARKSVILLE 39.40N 83.98W
07/19/2007 CLINTON OH FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A FEW LARGE LIMBS BLOCKING ROADS
1255 AM TSTM WND DMG SPRING VALLEY 39.61N 84.01W
07/19/2007 GREENE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
A FEW TREES DOWN
0354 AM TSTM WND DMG LANCASTER 39.72N 82.60W
07/19/2007 FAIRFIELD OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1011 AM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TSTM WND GST 3 NE WAVERLY 39.16N 82.94W
07/17/2007 M61 MPH PIKE OH EMERGENCY MNGR
MEASURED AT PIKE COUNTY AIRPORT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
114 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0113 PM HAIL 3 NW CLEVES 39.19N 84.79W
07/19/2007 E1.00 INCH HAMILTON OH TRAINED SPOTTER
NICKEL TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
223 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0223 PM HAIL LUCASVILLE 38.88N 83.00W
07/19/2007 E0.88 INCH SCIOTO OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
257 PM EDT THU JUL 19 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0227 PM TSTM WND DMG 12 N WHEELERSBURG 38.91N 82.85W
07/19/2007 SCIOTO OH TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN IN MINFORD
&&The Louisville radar (KLVX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down.
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