A cold front passed over the Ohio Valley during the overnight hours of the 15th. Some bowing segments persisted through the afternoon of the 16th.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A cold front passed over the Ohio Valley during the overnight hours of the 15th. Some bowing segments persisted through the afternoon of the 16th.
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 Jun 15, 7:45 PM EST, 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 845 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND PUSH THROUGH THE CENTRAL OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY...BRINGING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN BUILD IN FROM THE WEST THROUGH MIDWEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... UPDATED FORECAST TO BRING IN SEVERE ACTIVITY FOR WW 543. LINE OF SEVERE STORMS TO HIT WESTERN FA THROUGH 11PM. FOR CINCINNATI AREA AND POINTS EAST...COVERAGE TO BE MORE SCATTERED THAN IN MIAMI VALLEY. LINE TO BE THROUGH ALL OF FORECAST AREA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 3 AM...WITH SHOWERS AFTERWARD. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... FRONTAL SYSTEM STRADDLING AREA EARLY MONDAY AND SLOW TO PROGRESS...KEEPING CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS. THEN COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS MOVES INTO AREA. DID LINGER CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE FAR NORTH FOR TUESDAY AND INTO TUE NIGHT CLOSED LOW SKIRTING GREAT LAKES BEFORE ESTABLISHING ITSELF OVER EASTERN ONTARIO. HAVE GENERALLY GONE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY BELOW MOS GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... HAVE USED A BLEND OF THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN AND HPC GUIDANCE FOR THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. PESKY UPR LVL LOW WILL BE NEAR SE QUEBEC/NRN NEW ENGLAND ON WEDNESDAY. OUR FORECAST AREA WILL REMAIN IN A NWLY FLOW ALOFT ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS LOW. WEAK EMBEDDED S/WV ENERGY IS STILL ADVERTISED TO RIPPLE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION...BUT IT IT STILL UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME HOW MUCH IT WILL HAVE AN AFFECT ON CHC/S FOR PCPN. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHC AFTN/EVENING POPS FOR ROUGHLY THE NE HALF CWFA WHERE THE BEST CHC FOR A POP UP SHOWER MAY OCCUR. TEMPS WILL REMAIN BELOW NORMAL FOR MID JUNE. UPR LVL LOW WILL FINALLY PIVOT AWAY FAR ENOUGH TO THE NE ON THURSDAY TO ALLOW SFC HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD IN ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE SOME AS A RESULT. UNCERTAINTY INCREASES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS OPERATIONAL MODELS ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME HANDLING A SYSTEM MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS PARTLY DUE TO CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK ISSUES. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS THAT THIS SYSTEM WILL MOVE ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE OHIO RIVER FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAVE PLACED 30 POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME...WITH A LINGERING 20 POPS FOR SATURDAY. NEXT SUNDAY IS FORECAST TO BE DRY AT THIS POINT UNDER SFC HIGH PRESSURE. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. && .AVIATION /01Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... LINE OF CONVECTION OVER INDIANA IS TIMED INTO TAFS BETWEEN 01Z- 03Z. ALTHOUGH IT IS MOVING INTO LESS STABLE AIRMASS...IT SHOULD HOLD TOGETHER...ALTHOUGH MAYBE NOT AT ITS CURRENT STRENGTH. NRN TAFS HAS A BETTER CHC OF TSTM...BUT STILL PUT TEMPO TSTM AT KCVG/KLUK. RIGHT NOW LIMITED THE DURATION TO 2 HRS IN THE N AND AN HOUR IN THE S. AFT THAT LINE GOES THRU...WILL WAIT FOR CDFNT THAT WILL PUSH INTO THE REGION...WHICH WILL BE ABOUT 10Z. BROUGHT ANOTHER ROUND OF TSTM WITH THE CDFNT. KEPT THE TSTMS IN THE FCST THRU 15Z...THEN AS CDFNT PUSHES FAR SE BROUGHT THEM TO AN END.WINDS TURN TO THE NW BEHIND FNT FOR MON AFTN. OUTLOOK...NO SIG WX EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...JDR NEAR TERM...JDR SHORT TERM...JDR LONG TERM...HICKMAN AVIATION...SITES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 857 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>044- 051>053-060>062-070>072-077>079-170100- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-LOGAN-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-BUTLER- WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN- 857 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 543 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD ACTIVATE AND REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER CONDITIONS. KYZ089-090-094>100-OHZ045-046-054>056-063>065-073-074-080>082-088- 170100- CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- UNION OH-DELAWARE-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY- FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 857 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATER THIS EVENING AS A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PUSHES FROM THE MIAMI VALLEY AND GREATER CINCINNATI AREA INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE LATER TONIGHT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
847 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0842 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N UNION CITY 40.21N 84.79W
06/15/2008 DARKE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORT OF FLYING ISOLATION AND PORTA-POTTY TURNED
OVER.
&&
SITESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
850 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0842 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 N UNION CITY 40.21N 84.79W
06/15/2008 DARKE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
PUBLIC REPORT OF FLYING INSOLATION AND PORTA-POTTY TURNED
OVER.
&&
SITESPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
909 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0900 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 SSW NEW MADISON 39.96N 84.72W
06/15/2008 DARKE OH COUNTY OFFICIAL
TRAILER BLOWN OVER, LOTS OF DEBRIE BLOWING AROUND.
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MIKEGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
913 PM EDT SUN JUN 15 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0830 PM TSTM WND DMG ST. MARYS 40.54N 84.39W
06/15/2008 AUGLAIZE OH EMERGENCY MNGR
8X10 METAL BUILDING PICKED UP AND DROPPED ON PARKED CAR
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HUGHESThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:14 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees and power lines were downed, focused on the northwest and southeast areas of the county.
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