A few strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon ahead of a cold front.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A few strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon ahead of a cold front.
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 26, 12:52 PM EST, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 152 PM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 .SYNOPSIS... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY AS A COLD FRONT SLOWLY PROGRESSES ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH DRIER AND MORE SEASONABLE WEATHER EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... AREA OF SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN PROGRESSING ACROSS INDIANA AND SEE NO REASON WHY IT WILL NOT CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. THUS HAVE INCREASED POPS TO CATEGORICAL. ALSO WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION HAVE LOWER HIGH TEMPERATURES. HAVE EMPLOYED LKLY POPS ACRS ENTIRE FCST AREA LATER TONIGHT WITH FRNTL BNDRY STILL ACRS REGION. MODELS DIFFERING SLIGHTLY WRT SFC WAVE LOCATION ALONG BNDRY OVERNIGHT...BUT CONSENSUS IS THAT SFC WAVE WILL MOVE ACRS FCST AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO THURS AND SERVE TO ENHANCE PCPN COVERAGE. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... SUBTLE MODEL DIFFERENCES PERSIST ON THURS WITH FROPA ACRS REGION. AFOREMENTIONED SFC WAVE WILL BE MOVING AWAY TO THE NORTHEAST THURS MRNG AS FRNTL PCPN FOCUSES ACRS ERN 1/2 FCST AREA. REGION WILL BE IN RIGHT REAR QUAD OF UPR JET EXIT REGION WHICH WILL ENHANCE PCPN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THRU THE MRNG HOURS...PARTICULARLY ALONG AND EAST OF I-71. SHARPENING OF NRN STREAM S/WV WILL HELP PUSH FRNTL BNDRY EAST OF FCST AREA BY LATE AFTN THURS WITH PCPN ENDING FROM WEST TO EAST THRU THE DAY. SFC HI PRES WILL QUICKLY BUILD INTO REGION IN WAKE OF FROPA WITH S/WV PASSING THRU GRT LKS THURS NIGHT. MAIN IMPACT FROM PASSAGE OF S/WV WILL BE TO LINGER FEW CLOUDS INTO THURS EVNG BEFORE SKIES COMPLETELY CLR. REMAINDER OF SHORT TERM WILL BE QUIET AS OH VLY WILL BE UNDER INFLUENCE OF SFC HI PRES. FRI WILL BE A SPECTACULAR DAY WITH ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND PLEASANT TEMPS. MID LVL RIDGING BEGINS TO EXPAND INTO REGION QUICKLY FRI NIGHT WITH A WARMING TREND IN STORE FOR THE WEEKEND. TEMPS...MORE SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR THURS AS CLOUDS AND PCPN (AT LEAST FOR PART OF THE DAY) WILL KEEP TEMPS IN THE 70S. HIGHS WILL REMAIN IN THE 70S FRI UNDER NW FLO AND WEAK LO LVL CAA. EXCELLENT RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITION AT NIGHT (ESPECIALLY FRI NIGHT) WILL ALLOW LOWS TO DROP INTO U40S/L50S. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... PERIOD WILL BE MAINLY DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY PROVIDE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. OTHERWISE EXPECT DRY WEATHER. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ON THE WARM SIDE OF CLIMATOLOGICAL NORMALS. MERIDIONAL RIDGE EXPANDS INTO THE REGION ON SATURDAY AND HOLDS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. 500 MB HEIGHTS AND 1000-850 MB THICKNESSES SUGGEST HIGHS RISING INTO THE 80S OVER THE WEEKEND WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. WENT ABOVE COOLER HPC GUIDANCE ON MOST DAYS. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TERMINALS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. CONDITIONS MAY TEMPORARILY LOWER TO IFR IN SOME OF THE HEAVIER ACTIVITY. BUT AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT MAIN IMPACT WILL LAST FOR LESS THAN THREE HOURS AT ANY ONE SITE. AFTER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVES THROUGH EXPECT CONDITIONS TO RETURN TO VFR. THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO CLEAR FOCUS. OVERNIGHT EXPECT SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO DEVELOP AS WELL AS LOW CLOUDS. COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE PAST THE TERMINALS BETWEEN 09Z AND 13Z WHICH WILL BRING THE CHANCE OF RAIN TO AN END. BUT LOW CLOUDS WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. FORECAST IS FOR MVFR CEILINGS. BUT SOME IFR IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. OUTLOOK...NO SIG WX. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...RYAN LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-270900- 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- 500 AM EDT WED SEP 26 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT 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 EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RYAN
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:58 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
An estimated thirty trees were knocked down in the Crooked Run Nature Preserve. Numerous large limbs and several sixteen inch diameter sycamore trees were downed along the north bank of the Ohio River.
Trees and power lines were knocked down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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