Isolated severe weather occurred during the evening hours across northern Kentucky.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Isolated severe weather occurred during the evening hours across northern Kentucky.
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 Nov 16, 3:42 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 342 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 .SYNOPSIS... LOW PRESSURE IN THE LOWE OHIO VALLEY WILL QUICKLY MOVE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...EXITING TO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BRIEFLY BUILD INTO THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE ON THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... TRICKY TIMING FORECAST FOR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AS THE LOW MOVES OVER THE REGION. RAIN CURRENTLY ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA HOWEVER DRIER AIR WRAPPED UP IN THE SYSTEM IS MOVING INTO THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. AS THE LOW MOVES THROUGH HOWEVER EXPECT RAIN TO MOVE BACK IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW. AIRMASS ALSO BECOMING UNSTABLE WITH A LINE OF HEAVIER SHOWERS ALONG THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THROUGH EXTREME EASTERN KY. ISOLATED SHOWERS ALSO BREAKING OUT IN THE DRIER AIR ACROSS CENTRAL KY. ONLY ONE LIGHTNING STRIKE IN KY TO THIS POINT HOWEVER WILL INCLUDE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING SOUTH/SOUTHEAST. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE LOW WILL MOVE ACROSS LAKE ERIE INTO SERN CANADA BY 12Z PULLING THE DEEPEST MOISURE AND PRECIP EAST NORTHEAST WITH THE SYSTEM. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... FOLLOWED MAINLY THE NAM THROUGH THE SHORT TERM IN BRINGING DRIER AIR INTO THE REGION WEDNESDAY WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE. NEXT SYSTEM ON TRACK FOR LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. GFS AND NAM A BIT DIFFERENT WITH THE MOISTURE AND HAVE CONTINUED TO SIDE WITH THE DRIER NAM FOR NOW. EACH BRINGS IN RAIN AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH THE TN VALLEY HOWEVER GFS IS MUCH MORE AGRESSIVE. FOR NOW WILL HOLD POPS TO THE CHC CATEGORY SOUTH AND SLIGHT CHANCE FURTHER NORTH. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN FOR THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. EXPECT CLEARING SKIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND PC FOR FRIDAY. FAIR WX TO CONTINUE FRIDAY NIGHT. GUIDANCE LOOKS REASONABLE AND WILL REMAIN GFS MOS GUIDANCE NUMBERS. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO INFLUENCE THE AREA FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS IT DROPS TO THE SOUTHEASTERN STATES. LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE NRN GREAT LAKES REGION FRIDAY NIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT MAY DROP INTO THE AREA SATURDAY HOWEVER ONLY LIMITED MOISTURE AND NO ENERGY WITH THE SYSTEM SO EXPECT DRY CONDITIONS. NEXT CHANCE OF RAIN WILL COME MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. MOISTURE WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY AND TUESDAY AHEAD OF LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN LAKES WITH FLOW OUT OF THE GULF OF MEXICO. A COLD FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW WILL DROP ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY. && .AVIATION /20Z TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... IFR CONDITIONS WITH RAIN AND STRATUS WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. CANNOT RULE OUT THUNDER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST OHIO BUT WILL NOT INCLUDE IT ANY OF THE TAF FORECASTS FOR NOW. THE WIND WILL VEER TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST AND BECOME GUSTY AS THE SURFACE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST. GUSTS TO 25 KNOTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER LIKELY FOR A WHILE LATER TONIGHT. THE LOWER CLOUDS SHOULD LIFT FROM IFR TO MVFR AND EVENTUALLY VFR WEDNESDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR SWEEPS IN BEHIND THE SYSTEM. OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS/VSBYS MAY REDEVELOP LATER WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CLE NEAR TERM...CLE SHORT TERM...CLE LONG TERM...CLE AVIATION...CLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 527 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-172230- 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- 527 PM EST TUE NOV 16 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...TONIGHT. LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WILL LIFT TO NEAR LAKE ERIE BY LATE TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE. IF WIND GUSTS BECOME STRONGER THAN FORECAST...THEN A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. .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.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 522 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-170900- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO... WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 522 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WILL LIFT TO NEAR LAKE ERIE BY LATE TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS. IF WIND GUSTS BECOME STRONGER THAN FORECAST...THEN A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 527 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-170900- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO... WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 527 PM EST TUE NOV 16 2010 ...GUSTY WINDS EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT... LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN OHIO WILL LIFT TO NEAR LAKE ERIE BY LATE TONIGHT. AS THIS SYSTEM EXITS THE REGION...WEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 MPH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE BY SUNRISE. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN TO SECURE LOOSE ITEMS...AND MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN GUSTY WINDS. IF WIND GUSTS BECOME STRONGER THAN FORECAST...THEN A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A carport was destroyed due to damaging thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 264286.