Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon along a northward moving warm front. Additional thunderstorms developed during the evening as the front moved north.
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Thunderstorms developed in the afternoon along a northward moving warm front. Additional thunderstorms developed during the evening as the front moved north.
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 1, 9:00 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 PM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY OVERNIGHT AND SLIDE EAST OF THE REGION ON MONDAY. AN UPPER SHORTWAVE WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION LATE TUESDAY...AND INTERACT WITH A FRONTAL BOUNDARY ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING LINGERING CAP...CONVECTION DIED OUT BEFORE HITTING AREA. UPDATE TO JUST TAKE OUT PRECIP CHANCES AND REWORK WINDS FOR OVERNIGHT. LOWER DEWPOINTS AND LIGHT NW FLOW OVERNIGHT STILL LOOK GOOD FOR TEMPS LOWER THAN MOS. OTHER THAN BLOW OFF CLOUDS FROM EARLIER CONVECTION...CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... SFC HIGH AND UPPER TROUGH BOTH SLIDE EAST OF THE REGION ON MONDAY WHICH BRINGS A GRADUAL INCREASE IN TEMPS. MOS FCST TEMPS IN THE LOW TO MID 80S LOOK REASONABLE. UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE ZONAL AFTER THIS POINT...AND FORECAST CONFIDENCE GOES DOWN AS THIS INTRODUCES SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES WITH RESPECT TO WAVES WITHIN THE FLOW. UNCERTAINTY IS NOT HELPED BY THE FACT THAT THE 12Z GFS NEVER RAN. AT THIS TIME APPEARS THAT A DEVELOPING SHORTWAVE WILL PUSH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE MONDAY. ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT OF AN H8 LOW OVER THE MID MS VALLEY BRINGS A STRENGTHENING H8 JET AND SURGE OF LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION LATE ON MON. THIS STILL POINTS TO A GOOD CHANCE FOR ELEVATED CONVECTION OVERNIGHT...BUT MODELS HAVE SLOWED DOWN THE TIMING...SO DELAYED HIGHEST POPS UNTIL EARLY TUES MORNING. ALSO SHIFTED HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTHWEST CWA SINCE MODELS ARE BRINGING THE ELEVATED FRONT AND STRONGEST LIFT FURTHER NORTH THAN EARLIER. AREA BECOMES WARM SECTORED ON TUES WHICH DESTABILIZES THE ATMOSPHERE. GIVEN THE INSTBY AND H8 CONVERGENCE IN PLACE...LEFT CHANCE POPS GOING AREAWIDE THROUGH THE DAY WITH HIGHEST POPS TO THE NORTH CLOSER TO THE FRONT. LOOKS LIKE MORE ORGANIZED CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON NEAR THE FRONT TO THE NORTHWEST...THEN MIGRATE THIS DIRECTION DURING THE EVENING. TIMING OF THIS ACTIVITY AND HOW FAR SOUTH IT MAKES IT DEPENDS ON TIMING OF UPPER IMPULSES WITHIN THE UPPER FLOW...WHICH IS STILL HARD TO DETERMINE GIVEN THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED MODEL DIFFERENCES. THIS ACTIVITY WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED...AS LOW LEVEL SHEAR BECOMES STRONG OVER THE OHIO VALLEY TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS COULD SET THE STAGE FOR A SEVERE MCS OR SUPERCELLS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE TUESDAY...ESPECIALLY IF WE SEE THE AMOUNT OF INSTBY FORECAST BY THE 06Z GFS. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FRONT WILL STILL BE IN THE AREA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WHICH WILL RESULT IN A CONTINUATION OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ON THURSDAY AS UPPER HEIGHTS RISE. SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WILL SUPPRESS THE UPPER RIDGE ALLOWING FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF DIURNAL CONVECTION OVER THE WEEKEND. OPERATIONAL MODELS HAVE TRENDED QUITE A BIT WARMER ESPECIALLY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. HAVE NUDGED THE FORECAST IN THAT DIRECTION BUT NOT QUITE READY TO BOOST HIGHS INTO THE 90S YET. BUT OVERALL TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... STRONG CAP OVER AREA AND LOSING DAYTIME HEATING HAS RESULTED IN CONVECTION OVER INDIANA TO DIE DOWN. THROUGH 12Z...ONLY MID/HIGH CLOUDS FROM BLOW OFF OF INDIANA STORMS...AND WINDS CALMING OVERNIGHT. KLUK MAY AGAIN HAVE BRIEF MVFR BR JUST BEFORE 12Z...THEN ISOLATED CU TOWARD END OF FCST PERIOD. OUTLOOK...TSTMS POSSIBLE TUESDAY THRU THURSDAY...WITH POTENTIAL FOR MVFR CIGS/VIS IN TSTMS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HAWBLITZEL NEAR TERM...JDR SHORT TERM...HAWBLITZEL LONG TERM... AVIATION...JDR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 543 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-020945- 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- 543 AM EDT SUN JUN 1 2008 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION MONDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WARM FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY WITH THE MAIN WEATHER THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
541 PM EDT SUN JUN 01 2008
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..REMARKS..
1230 AM TSTM WND DMG 2 W KOSSUTH 40.66N 84.39W
05/31/2008 AUGLAIZE OH AMATEUR RADIO
TREES AND LARGE LIMBS DOWN...SOME MINOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
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HAWBLITZELThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:11 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 tornado, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two homes were flooded in the Lakengren community and several evacuations were needed. Several roads were flooded and closed across southern Preble County, including Morning Sun Road.
Trees were knocked down across the county.
Trees were downed.
A homeowner witnessed a tornado in the tree line northwest of their farm on the north side of King Road. In addition to the trees, an older house had its roof removed. A newer and well-built barn sustained half of the roof being peeled off with a large metal door being blown 25 yards away, wrapping around a silo. Wind speeds were estimated to be around 75 mph.
Gurneyville Road was flooded.
Trees were also downed.
A vehicle overturned on US Route 68 near Middleton Corner. Several roads were flooded in Spring Valley and Xenia.
A few trees were downed.
Several trees were downed.
A brief tornado touchdown occurred along Jonesboro Road just southwest of Martinsville. A barn and a shed sustained damage, along with a few trees and numerous large limbs. The estimated wind speed was 65 mph.
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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: 110003, 99710, 99711, 107011, 99717, 101060, 99718, 101061, 110002, 99714, 107014.