An area of heavy rain caused flooding around the region.
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An area of heavy rain caused flooding around the region.
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 Apr 12, 5:50 AM EST, 4 hours 10 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 650 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 .SYNOPSIS... SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING RAIN TO SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH TUESDAY...TAPERING OFF FROM WEST TO EAST. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD ACROSS THE REGION BY WEDNESDAY AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH BY LATE THIS WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTER CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER KENTUCKY IS TRACKING SLOWLY EASTWARD. THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION HAS BECOME CONSOLIDATED NEAR THE CORE OF THIS LOW...WITH LIGHTER SHOWERS EXTENDING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO...SE INDIANA..AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. AS THE LOW TRACKS JUST SOUTH OF THE OHIO BORDER THIS MORNING... HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION TOTALS WILL BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE KY/OH BORDER RANGING FROM ABOUT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN ADDITION TO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED. TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE MID-50S UNDER THE CLOUD COVER ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LOW OVER THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN OHIO VALLEY TODAY WITH A STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT SETUP IN THE AREA. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE FORECAST AREA WITH GRADUALLY IMPROVING CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN COUNTIES. THE REMAINING PARTS OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL BE UNDER MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TONIGHT. AFTER A BELOW NORMAL START TO TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY MORNING...A WARMING TREND WILL BEGIN UNDER HIGH PRESSURE WITH NO PRECIPITATION EXPECTED THROUGH THURSDAY. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...INCREASING SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM THAT IS EXPECTED TO APPROACH THE REGION ON FRIDAY. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING MOISTURE IS EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AHEAD OF THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AS IT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. CURRENT MODELS ARE IN AGREEMENT ON BRINGING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA BEGINNING FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... SHOWERS WILL STICK AROUND ON SATURDAY AS THE LOW MAKES SLOW EASTWARD PROGRESS. CONDITIONS MAY DRY OUT BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON WITH WEAK HIGH PRESSURE TO THE SOUTH. MONDAY MAY ALSO BE DRY WITH A WEAK LOW STAYING SOUTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY IN THE HIGHS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY ARE FORECAST TO BE BELOW NORMAL IN THE 40S AND 50S AS A COOLER WESTERLY FLOW TAKES OVER BEHIND THE LOW. && .AVIATION /12Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... LOW PRESSURE IN EASTERN KENTUCKY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS SOUTHWEST TO CENTRAL OHIO. VSBYS MAINLY VFR WITH SOME MVFR IN HEAVIER SHOWERS. BAND WILL SHIFT TO THE EAST THIS MORNING AND LINGER IN THE CMH AREA INTO THE AFTERNOON. CEILINGS HAVE BEEN MVFR AT WORST AND WILL REMOVE ANY IFR CIGS FCST. WINDS MAIN ISSUE WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO AROUND 30 KNOTS THIS MORNING DIMINISHING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS GRADIENT RELAXES. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...PADGETT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 505 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ073-074-077>082-088-130915- RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON- CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS- HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 505 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOILS ACROSS THE REGION ARE NEAR OR SATURATED DO TO RECENT RAINFALL. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE EXCESSIVE...IT COULD LEAD TO SOME MINOR LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>072- 130915- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-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- 505 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1020 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLOOD 7 SE OWENTON 38.47N 84.75W
04/12/2011 OWEN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE ROAD 1883 TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO WATER OUT OF
STREAM BANKS IN LOW LYING AREAS.
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MJPPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1029 AM EDT TUE APR 12 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM FLOOD 4 SSE OWENTON 38.49N 84.81W
04/12/2011 OWEN KY EMERGENCY MNGR
PART OF OLD MONTEREY RD. CLOSED DUE TO STREAM OUT OF
BANKS IN LOW LYING AREA.
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MJPThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported over roadways with some roads closed due to the water.
Four to six inches of water was reported over a road due to heavy rain.
Pee Pee Creek was overflowing due to heavy rainfall.
A county road was flooded due to heavy rainfall.
Roads were flooded due to heavy rainfall.
Multiple roads were closed due to heavy rainfall.
Roads were closed due to heavy rainfall.
Water was covering Creek Road near Paint Creek.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, April 2011
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: 293926, 293922, 293923, 293924, 293925, 293921, 293927, 293906.