A cold front crossed the region overnight on the 28th with numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail, and measured strong wind gusts.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A cold front crossed the region overnight on the 28th with numerous reports of damaging winds, large hail, and measured strong wind gusts.
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 28, 1:03 PM EST, 14 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 203 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE TO THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH TONIGHT...SENDING A COLD FRONT SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LINGER ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEK...BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A CONTINUED THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... FORECAST HAS BEEN UPDATED AGAIN TO INCLUDE HEADLINES FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES 629 AND 630. EXPECT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CURRENTLY AFFECTING NORTHWEST COUNTIES TO SPREAD SOUTHWARD THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHORT WAVE ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE GREAT LAKES LONG WAVE TROUGH. RIGHT NOW DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN THREAT. DATA FROM SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING MAY AID IN DETERMINING POTENTIAL STRENGTH OF STORMS. THERE IS ALSO THE CHANCE OF LOCALIZED FLOODING ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70 WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED IN PLACES. FOR TONIGHT...BEST LOW LEVEL FORCING IS FOCUSED ACRS OUR NORTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE BEST UPR LVL DIVERGENCE FROM A DIGGING JET ALOFT IS FOCUSED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. THE TWO MECHANISMS ARE NOT IN TANDEM. AS RESULT...HAVE KEPT 50 AND 60 POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...OWING THAT IF WE DESTABILIZE ENOUGH THIS AFTN...SOME CONVECTION WILL OCCUR AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS SOUTHEAST THROUGH OUR REGION. AT THIS POINT...CAN NOT RULE OUT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM...BUT THIS SEEMS POISED FOR THIS EVENING ALONG THE COLD FRONT WHERE BEST FORCING AND SHEAR WILL OCCUR. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 60S SOUTH EAST. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... CENTER OF UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW WILL PIVOT NORTHEAST TOWARD NRN QUEBEC THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. A BROAD UPR LVL TROF WILL REMAIN ACRS THE REGION IN ITS WAKE. EMBEDDED S/WVS ARE FORECAST TO ROTATE SE ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS TROF THROUGH OUR REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...WITH THE STRONGEST S/WV EXPECTED LATE SUNDAY AFTN AND NIGHT. WILL CONTINUE WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. CHC/S OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ON MONDAY...BUT THEY SHOULD BE MORE OF A NUISANCE IN TERMS OF COVERAGE...ABOUT 20 TO 30 PERCENT. UPPER LEVEL FLOW WILL BEGIN TO RELAX BY TUESDAY AS UPPER LEVEL TROF FINALLY SHIFTS EAST OF THE REGION...ALLOWING SFC HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY...WITH A WARMING TREND EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE MOVES EAST OF THE REGION THROUGH THURSDAY...WITH A STEADY WARMING TREND. THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A FRONTAL BNDRY SAGGING SOUTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WITH MORE ORGANIZED PCPN EXPECTED BY THEN. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... CONVECTION WILL AFFECT TAF SITES THROUGH MUCH OF THE FORECAST. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS OCCASIONALLY INTERRUPTED BY MVFR VISIBILITIES AND CEILINGS. TIMING OF CONVECTION WILL BE DICTATED BY DAYTIME HEATING AND ARRIVAL OF SHORT WAVE DISTURBANCES...THE FIRST OF WHICH WILL IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH 01Z. WEATHER WILL SETTLE DOWN AFTER 13Z WHEN A MID LEVEL CAP WILL LIKELY PREVENT DEEPER CONVECTION FROM FORMING. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO/HICKMAN SHORT TERM...HICKMAN LONG TERM... AVIATION...CONIGLIO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-291800- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-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- 147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 629 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL 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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED. KYZ089-090-094>100-291800- CARROLL-GALLATIN-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- 147 PM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 630 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. .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. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1021 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 OHZ054>056-063>065-073-074-281500- ROSS OH-FAIRFIELD OH-HOCKING OH-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY OH-MADISON OH- FRANKLIN OH-LICKING OH- 1021 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LICKING...SOUTHERN FRANKLIN...SOUTHEASTERN MADISON...PICKAWAY...NORTHEASTERN FAYETTE... NORTHERN HOCKING...FAIRFIELD AND NORTHERN ROSS COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 AM EDT... AT 1020 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR MOUNT STERLING...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...GROVE CITY...DERBY...WILLIAMSPORT...HARRISBURG...DARBYVILLE...ORIENT... CIRCLEVILLE...NEW ROME...COMMERCIAL POINT AND LINCOLN VILLAGE. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1144 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 OHZ034-035-281630- AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH- 1144 AM EDT SAT JUN 28 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MERCER AND AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 PM EDT... AT 1141 AM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR BUCKLAND...MOVING EAST AT 39 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... CRIDERSVILLE...ST. JOHNS...UNIOPOLIS AND WAYNESFIELD. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER... IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOME STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 111 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:14 UTC.
16 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A 59 mph wind gust was measured at the Bellefontaine Regional Airport.
Trees were downed.
Shingles were blown off of the roofs of several homes. Yard furniture was displaced in the backyard of one of the homes.
A number of large trees were snapped or uprooted.
Several trees were knocked down along State Route 73 just west of Waynesville as well.
Several trees were downed.
Several trees and power lines were downed.
Several trees and power lines were downed.
A 65 mph gust was estimated in Madeira. Penny size hail also fell in the storm.
Several large tree limbs were downed.
Large tree limbs were knocked down.
A roof was blown off of a barn along US Route 22 and State Route 3 northeast of Morrow.
Two trees were downed along US Route 22 and State Route 3 between State Route 380 and Beechgrove Road.
A large tree was downed along State Route 730. Large limbs were hanging over the road with a power pole close to breaking. The road was closed for a brief period of time.
Several trees were knocked down onto power lines in Waverly.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2008
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: 106702, 106708, 106703, 106704, 106709, 106713, 106710, 106715, 106716, 106717, 106705, 106706, 106718, 106720, 110525, 106721, 106722, 106725.