Isolated severe weather occurred during the late afternoon hours of June 3rd. The main threat was damaging thunderstorm winds.
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Isolated severe weather occurred during the late afternoon hours of June 3rd. The main threat was damaging thunderstorm winds.
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 3, 2:49 PM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 349 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 .SYNOPSIS... A BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN OVER THE REGION...STAYING JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THROUGH FRIDAY. IT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD ON FRIDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE TRACKS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION. ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY...A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CROSS EAST THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES...POSSIBLY LAYING OUT ANOTHER BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION FOR THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... BOUNDARY NOTED IN THE SYNOPSIS WILL BE PESKY AND CONVECTION IS ALREADY FIRING ALONG IT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COLD POOL LAID OUT BY LAST NIGHTS RAIN APPEARS TO HAVE SUFFICIENTLY MIXED OUT AND WILL NOT INHIBIT STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS EVENING. I TOOK THE CURRENT ORIENTATION OF THE STORMS AND PUSHED THEM SLOWLY EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN WASHED THEM OUT OVERNIGHT FOR A TREND. MODELS DO NOT HAVE ANY GOOD FEEL FOR WHAT IS SPARKING THE CONVECTION NOR FOR WHERE THESE BOUNDARIES ARE GOING TO LAY OUT. STRONG ZONAL FLOW ALOFT AND A FAVORABLE PLACEMENT IN THE RIGHT QUADRENT OF THE UPPER JET DENOTES BROAD UPWARD MOTION THAT CAN BE INTERSPERSED WITH MID LEVEL S/W'S AT JUST ABOUT ANY PERIOD OF TIME. THIS MAKES FOR A LOT OF ROOM FOR CHANGE IN THE FORECAST TONIGHT AND EVEN BEYOND. TEMPERATURES WERE BUMPED A COUPLE OF DEGREES TONIGHT FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST...PRIMARILY IN THE NORTHERN THIRD OF CWA. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL PUSH ANY ON GOING CONVECTION OVERNIGHT TO THE SOUTH EARLY IN THE DAY. THIS HIGH SLIDES EAST AND ANY SHOWERS THAT ARE PRESENT WILL MAKE A NORTHWARD PROGRESSION IN THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY. THIS REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOWEVER AS THE FORCING MECHANISMS ARE NOT BEING PROGGED WITH ANY CONSISTENCY FROM MODEL TO MODEL OR EVEN RUN TO RUN. COULD NOT GIVE ANY PERIOD OF TIME OR DESIGNATED AREA A RAIN-FREE FORECAST IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THE BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE OHIO IS EXPECTED TO LIFT INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN RESPONSE TO A LOW THAT IS TRACKING TOWARDS MICHIGAN FROM MINNESOTA. AS THE LOW PUSHES MOISTURE OUT AHEAD OF IT AND WRINGS IT OUT...THE REGION WILL AGAIN SEE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON ITS SOUTHERN FLANK. BY SATURDAY...THE REGION WILL SEE ANOTHER BOUNDARY LAID OUT OVER THE NORTHERN CWA FROM THIS LOW AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. INITIATION TIME OF THESE WILL BE HARD TO PIN DOWN AS THEY MAY BE PRE-EXISTING. TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY RAISED A FEW DEGREES AT NIGHT AND SAW MINOR TWEAKS DURING THE DAYTIME PERIODS. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... THIS PORTION OF THE FORECAST PERIOD CHARACTERIZED BY VERY BLOCKY HIGH LATITUDE /CANADA/ FLOW WITH A SEASONABLY STRONG POLAR JET EXTENDING FROM THE ERN PACIFIC ACROSS THE NRN TIER OF THE CONUS. MY ATTENTION DURING THIS TIMEFRAME WAS DRAWN TOWARD ONE OF THE STRONGER WAVES THROUGH THIS FAST FLOW...SPREADING FORCING FOR ASCENT AND ASSOCIATED STRONG COLD FRONT INTO THE GREAT LAKES SAT NIGHT INTO EARLY PORTIONS OF SUNDAY. DETAILS /AS HAS BEEN THE CASE MUCH OF THIS WEEK/ ARE SKETCHY ON EXACTLY HOW THIS PLAYS OUT...BUT SEEMS SUNDAY MORNING HAS BETTER CHANCES FOR HIGHER RAIN CHANCES AS WAVE DEPARTS. THIS SHOULD BRING A PERIOD OF COOLER WEATHER...THOUGH SIGNIFICANT SPREAD DEVELOPS BETWEEN THE DETERMINISTIC GFS...GEFS...AND DETERMINISTIC ECMWF ON JUST HOW COOL /HOW DEEP THE UPPER TROUGH DEVELOPS/ WE GET. DECIDED TO PLAY THE MONDAY-THURSDAY PORTION OF THE FORECAST AS A BLEND OF DETERMINISTIC 03.00Z ECMWF AND HPC MAX TEMPS...BOTH OF WHICH SHOW BETTER SKILL SCORES PER LOCAL VERIFICATION IN THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS IN THIS FORECAST AREA. THIS IS A WARMER SOLUTION THAN 03.00Z GFS WITH A WEAKER/QUICKER DEPARTURE OF ERN CONUS TROUGH AND A RETURN TO FLAT RIDGING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. PATTERN STILL REMAINS RATHER UNSETTLED INTO MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS POLAR JET LIFTS NORTH...AND WE REMAIN ON SRN FRINGE OF WNWLY MID-UPPER LEVEL FLOW WITH PERIODIC WEAK DISTURBANCES...A FAVORABLE PATTERN FOR EPISODIC THUNDERSTORM CLUSTERS THROUGH THE NRN/CNTL && .AVIATION /19Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL INDIANA INTO WESTERN OHIO IS SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTH AND WE HAVE SEEN A FEW SHOWERS DEVELOPING ALONG IT EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THIS IS IN A REGION THAT IS MORE UNSTABLE THAN WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY ACROSS MUCH OF OUR FA. IN ADDITION...THE LATEST RUC IS STILL SHOWING A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONVECTIVE INHIBITION ACROSS OUR AREA. AS THE AFTERNOON PROGRESSES...WE SHOULD EVENTUALLY BE ABLE TO DESTABILIZE GIVEN THE MAINLY SUNNY SKIES CURRENTLY ACROSS THE AREA. THEREFORE...IT MAY TAKE A LITTLE WHILE...BUT DO EXPECT TO SEE AT LEAST A LITTLE BETTER SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS BOUNDARY AS IT PUSHES SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SINCE COVERAGE AND TIMING IS STILL IN DOUBT...WILL COVER THE THREAT IN THE TAFS WITH A VCTS/CB...MAINLY FOR LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. ANY ACTIVITY SHOULD BE DIURNALLY ENHANCED SO WOULD EXPECT IT TO TAPER OFF THROUGH MID TO LATE EVENING. WITH MAINLY CLEAR SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS OVERNIGHT...AREAS OF MVFR BR WILL BE LIKELY WITH LOCAL LIFR IN THE FAVORED VALLEY LOCATIONS SUCH AT KLUK. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS ON FRIDAY...BUT WILL NOT MENTION IN THE TAFS ATTM AS IT WILL BE TOWARD THE END OF THE PERIOD. .OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...BINAU AVIATION...JGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 501 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-040915- 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- 501 AM EDT THU JUN 3 2010 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT VARIOUS TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS...AND THERE WILL BE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS WILL ESPECIALLY BE TRUE WHERE HEAVY RAINFALL ALREADY IMPACTED THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE WEEKEND. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER IS A POSSIBILITY...ALTHOUGH EXACT TIMING OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN. THE REPEATED ROUNDS OF RAINFALL WILL ALSO CONTINUE A THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN AT OCCASIONAL TIMES THIS WEEKEND. HATZOS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
423 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
INZ050-032115-
WAYNE IN-
423 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WAYNE COUNTY THROUGH 515 PM
EDT...
AT 421 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST
OF HAGERSTOWN...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DUBLIN...HAGERSTOWN...
CAMBRIDGE CITY...CENTERVILLE...FOUNTAIN CITY AND RICHMOND.
ALSO...FRANKLIN...MOUNT AUBURN...EAST GERMANTOWN...ECONOMY...
JACKSONBURG...GREENS FORK...WILLIAMSBURG AND RICHMOND MUNICIPAL
AIRPORT ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3988 8521 3991 8521 4001 8521 4001 8520
4002 8497 4002 8482 3973 8482 3979 8523
3986 8523
HAWBLITZELSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
443 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
INZ050-058-059-032145-
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-
443 PM EDT THU JUN 3 2010
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT UNION...NORTHERN
FAYETTE AND SOUTHERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT...
AT 438 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM JACKSONBURG TO BENTONVILLE TO 12 MILES WEST OF
FALMOUTH...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
IN ADDITION...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN CAN
BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...DUBLIN...CAMBRIDGE
CITY...CENTERVILLE...CONNERSVILLE AND LIBERTY.
ALSO...MOUNT AUBURN...JACKSONBURG...EAST GERMANTOWN...BENTONVILLE...
FALMOUTH...BEESONS...METTEL FIELD AND WATERLOO ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THESE LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THESE STORMS BECOME
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 3979 8531 3979 8530 3980 8523 3986 8523
3989 8521 3990 8518 3978 8482 3958 8483
3952 8496 3951 8529 3952 8531The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:32 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were reported down due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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