A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of a cold front affected west central Ohio just after midnight.
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A line of strong to severe thunderstorms ahead of a cold front affected west central Ohio just after midnight.
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 Mar 10, 9:01 PM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1001 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL CROSS EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION TOMORROW NIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING OVER THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES REGION BY FRIDAY MORNING. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... WITH WARM FRONT TO OUR NORTH...SOUTHERLY FLOW AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES ARE CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. COLD FRONT CURRENTLY STRETCHING FROM NORTHWEST INDIANA DOWN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL PUSH EAST OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH OUR FA BY MORNING. NARROW BAND OF GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE IS FORECAST WITH THE FRONT SO EXPECT TO SEE PCPN OVERSPREAD OUR FA WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS TO OUR WEST ARE BEGINNING TO LOOK A BIT MORE IMPRESSIVE...BUT INSTABILITY IS PROGGED TO DROP OFF THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS THEY MOVE INTO OUR AREA. AS A RESULT...WILL TRIM BACK THUNDERSTORM WORDING A BIT AND GO WITH SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WINDS WILL LIKELY GET GUSTY FOR A PERIOD WITH FROPA...BUT LOOKS LIKE WE WILL STAY BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL DRY OUT THE REGION THROUGH THIS PERIOD. A FEW LINGERING SHOWERS MAY AFFECT THE EASTERN SCIOTO VALLEY AND THE AREA ALONG THE OH/KY/WV BORDER EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE WILL LIKELY BE A CONTINUED DROP IN TEMPERATURES TOMORROW MORNING BETWEEN 12 AND 15Z...WITH A SLIGHT RECOVERY NOTED LATER IN THE DAY. LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES ABOUT A CATEGORY IN THE NORTHWEST TOMORROW. REST OF THE TEMPERATURES THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WERE NOT FAR OFF OF PREVIOUS FORECAST OR GUIDANCE...AT LEAST WITHIN 1-2 DEG. SKY COVER MAY GO CLEAR...ESPECIALLY TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT...BUT THERE WAS ENOUGH CI NOTED IN THE MODELS THAT A MINIMUM OF 30% SEEMED REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... OHIO VALLEY WILL BE IN CONFLUENT UPPER FLOW ON FRIDAY WITH HIGH PRESSURE STRETCHED ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL KEEP CONDITIONS DRY WITH ANY RAIN CHANCES CONFINED TO THE SOUTH. WITH ZONAL UPPER FLOW...TEMPS SHOULD BE NEAR AVERAGE ON FRIDAY...WARMING INTO THE 50S ON SAT AS UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE SOUTHWESTERLY. SIDED MORE WITH THE ECMWF WITH THE FORECAST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS PATTERN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY EVOLVES INTO SPLIT UPPER FLOW...FOLLOWED BY UPPER TROUGHING. THIS BRINGS INCREASING RAIN CHANCES INTO THE REGION EARLY SUNDAY WITH A SFC LOW TRACKING TO THE WEST OF THE CWA. MAINTAINED LOW CHANCE OR SLIGHT CHANCE POPS INTO MON AND MON NIGHT WITH UPPER TROUGH DEEPENING OVERHEAD. && .AVIATION /02Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WARM FRONT HAS LIFTED WELL NORTH OF THE TAF SITES EARLY THIS EVENING WITH VFR CONDITIONS CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA. COLD FRONT IS PROGGED TO PUSH EAST ACROSS THE TAF SITES IN THE 06Z TO 09Z TIME FRAME. THERE IS A NARROW BAND OF GOOD LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE ASSOCIATED WITH THE FRONT SO EXPECT A 2 OR 3 HOUR PERIOD OF SOME DECENT SHOWERS. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN MVFR CONDITIONS FOR A PERIOD LATER TONIGHT. LATEST RUC AND NAM-WRF INDICATING LITTLE IF ANY ELEVATED INSTABILITY SO THIS SHOULD HINDER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. WILL JUST ALLOW FOR A CB AT THE WESTERN TAF SITES AND NO MENTION AT ALL AT KCMH/KLCK. GUSTY WIND WILL LIKELY PICK UP JUST BEHIND THE FRONT AS WE GET INTO SOME GOOD CAA. DRIER AIR THEN QUICKLY PUSHES IN SO EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE TAF PERIOD. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WX EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...HAWBLITZEL AVIATION...JGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 203 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-111815- 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- 203 PM EDT TUE MAR 10 2009 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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:55 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A road sign was blown over. A shed sustained minor damage.
Large tree limbs were downed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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