Thunderstorms affected western Ohio during the evening of the 13th and again early on the 14th ahead of a cold front. A localized area of high winds occurred near Wilmington on the evening of the 13th in the wake of scattered thunderstorms.
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Thunderstorms affected western Ohio during the evening of the 13th and again early on the 14th ahead of a cold front. A localized area of high winds occurred near Wilmington on the evening of the 13th in the wake of scattered thunderstorms. Wind gusts near 60 mph were recorded outside of thunderstorms for a short period of time.
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 May 13, 7:14 PM EST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 814 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 .SYNOPSIS... DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL BRING MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE FRONT WILL BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE RETURNING NORTH ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... SECOND ROUND OF RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDER MOVING THROUGH CWA. MODELS INDICATING THIS SHOULD WEAKEN THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS DRIER AIR WORKS INTO ATMOSPHERE. WILL PLAY LOWERING POPS THROUGH THE EVENING WITH DETAILS IN THE GRIDS. COLD FRONT SHOULD BRING NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND STORMS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. SOME POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN ESPECIALLY NORTHWEST BUT WILL HOLD OFF ON ANY WATCH AS TODAYS RAINS NOT TOO EXCESSIVE. SEVERE THREAT APPEARS MINIMAL WITH BEST DYNAMICS TO THE WEST BUT WILL HAVE TO WATCH LATER TONIGHT. TEMPS NEAR GUID. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... FRONT MOVES THROUGH ON THURSDAY TO OHIO RIVER AREA BY THURSDAY EVENING. WILL HOLD ON TO CHC POPS ALONG AND SOUTH OF OHIO RIVER THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DRIER AIR ACROSS THE NORTH SHOULD END PRECIP BY EARLY AFTERNOON WITH SOME SUN. TEMPS AGAIN NEAR GUID. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... WARM FRONT IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REGION FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COULD BE SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS BOUNDARY. THEN EXPECT LITTLE ACTIVITY IN THE WARM SECTOR UNTIL A COLD FRONT APPROACHES ON SATURDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME VARIABILITY WITH THE TIMING OF THE COLD FRONT. IN GENERAL ENSEMBLE MEANS ARE A BIT SLOWER THAN OPERATIONAL RUNS. AT THIS POINT OPTED TO USE A BIT OF A BROAD BRUSH APPROACH WITH POPS PEAKING AT LIKELY DURING THE DAY. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION SHOULD DIMINISH SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR SUNDAY AND MAINTAIN ITS INFLUENCE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH MID WEEK. THE HIGH WILL BRING COOLER CONDITIONS INITIALLY. BUT OVER TIME READINGS WILL MODERATE CLOSER TO SEASONAL AVERAGE. && .AVIATION /00Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... SEVERAL ROUNDS OF TSRA EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH TSTM COMPLEXES OVER SW OH AND INDIANA EXPECTED IN ADVANCE OF MAIN EVENT AHEAD OF FROPA. KLUK/KCVG ONSET OF SHRA/TSRA WILL BE AFTER 09Z...THEN PROGRESSING EAST TO MAINLY AFTER 11-12Z AT KCMH/KLCK. WITH TSTMS SCATTERED/EMBEDDED CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...OCCASIONAL MVFR LIKELY THOUGH TIMING DIFFICULT ATTM. CIG/VSBY REDUCTIONS MAINLY IN THE 09-15Z PERIOD. EVEN BRIEF IFR VSBY/CIGS IN HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE...THOUGH TIMING CONFIDENCE IS STILL LOW. LLJ REMAINS STRONG OVERNIGHT AND WITH FROPA...SO INCREASED GUSTS THROUGH MUCH OF THE PERIOD. THIS WILL DIMINISH AFTER 19-21Z...WITH VFR CIGS/VSBYS. OUTLOOK...CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. MVFR CIGS/VSBYS WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING ALL THREAT PERIODS. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM... AVIATION...JDR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 538 AM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-140945- 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- 538 AM EDT WED MAY 13 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RYAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 800 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 OHZ062-063-071-072-140145- CLINTON OH-WARREN OH-FAYETTE OH-GREENE OH- 800 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT GREENE...FAYETTE...NORTHERN WARREN AND NORTHERN CLINTON COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT... AT 853 PM EDT...AN AREA OF HIGH WINDS NORTH OF A LINE OF SHOWERS WAS PRODUCING WIND GUSTS FROM 40 TO AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ACROSS THE AREA. THESE GUSTS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LIGHT DAMAGE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE WINDS INCLUDE... WILMINGTON...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...GOOD HOPE...WAYNESVILLE... BLOOMINGBURG...MADISON MILLS AND PANCOASTBURG.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 844 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-140130- WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN- 844 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT FRANKLIN...UNION...FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 930 PM EDT... AT 841 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR HAMBURG...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RICHMOND...HAMBURG...BUENA VISTA...ANDERSONVILLE... OLDENBURG...GLENWOOD...BROOKVILLE...COLUMBIA...METAMORA AND ALPINE. 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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 919 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ060-070-140200- WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-BUTLER OH-PREBLE OH- 919 PM EDT WED MAY 13 2009 ...A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PREBLE...NORTHERN BUTLER...NORTHERN FRANKLIN...UNION...FAYETTE AND WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT... AT 914 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A COMPLEX OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM BROOKVILLE TO NEAR CONNERSVILLE...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. MUCH OF THE HIGHEST GUSTS ARE OUT AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THEMSELVES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...LIBERTY...RICHMOND...EATON...WILLIAMSBURG...PHILOMATH. ..CENTERVILLE...BROWNSVILLE...DUNLAPSVILLE...ABINGTON...CLIFTON... AND WHITEWATER STATE PARK. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 1 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:15 UTC.
1 high wind, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A 61 mph gust was recorded at NWS Wilmington. A 56 mph gust also occurred at the Wilmington ASOS (ILN).
Several 10-12 diameter trees were downed in Minster.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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