Damaging Wind in Kentucky, January 30, 2013

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
155 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

.SYNOPSIS...
POTENT WEATHER SYSTEM TO SHIFT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY AND
TONIGHT WITH THREATS OF STRONG WINDS...SEVERE STORMS...AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. STRONG COLD FRONT SHIFTS ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING BRINGING A RAPID TEMPERATURE
FALL...GUSTY WINDS...AND SNOW SHOWERS. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FILTER
INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON THURSDAY...WITH ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM
SLIDING THROUGH ON THURSDAY NIGHT WITH A THREAT FOR LIGHT
ACCUMULATING SNOW. A VERY COLD...BRISK FRIDAY IS ON TAP...WITH
TEMPERATURES STRUGGLING TO GET OUT OF THE TEENS FOR DAYTIME HIGHS.

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.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TODAY/...
NOT MUCH TIME TO TYPE AS QLCS IS BEARING DOWN THE WFO ILN FORECAST
AREA...DUE INTO OUR FAR WESTERN AREAS AROUND 330 AM WITH THREATS
FOR SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS A BRIEF SPIN-UP TORNADO. RECENT
SWOMCD FROM SPC SUGGESTS WATCH EXPANSION INTO MUCH OF THE WFO ILN
FORECAST AREA SOON.

30.00Z RAOBS AND VWPS TO OUR WEST CLEARLY SAMPLED THE VERY
IMPRESSIVE AND DEEP/SHARP TROUGH AND STRONG WIND FIELDS THAT ARE
APPROACHING THE AREA...WITH 150+ 500MB HEIGHT FALLS DURING THE
LAST 12 HOURS OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND AN EJECTING MID LEVEL
/500MB/ JET STREAK MEASURING WELL OVER 100KTS. THIS IS INDUCING AN
EXTREMELY POTENT LOW LEVEL WIND MAXIMUM THAT IS TRANSLATING
NORTHEAST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY AHEAD OF THE TROUGH...AND ATOP A
PREFRONTAL TROUGH/CONVERGENCE AXIS WHERE THE ROBUST QLCS HAS
DEVELOPED. SFC PRESSURES ARE FALLING RAPIDLY MAINTAINING A MORE
SLY SFC FLOW AS OF THIS HOUR. VWPS AND RAOBS HAVE SAMPLED 70+ KTS
OF FLOW AT 850MB INCLUDING IN THE LOCAL AREA...SO THERE IS CLEARLY
AMPLE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IN/ABOVE THE SHALLOW BOUNDARY LAYER WHERE
LATE JANUARY TEMPS HAVE BEEN RECORD BREAKING OR NEAR RECORD
BREAKING. THIS ALL COMBINES TO SUGGEST THAT QLCS TO OUR WEST WILL
BE MAINTAINED INTO AT LEAST THE WESTERN/SOUTHERN PART OF THE WFO
ILN FORECAST AREA...WITH THE ATTENDANT THREATS OF SEVERE WIND AND
A BRIEF QLCS SPIN-UP. INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT LIGHTNING COUNTS
HAVE BEEN SLOWLY ON THE DECREASE OVER THE LAST TWO HOURS...AND
CONVECTION IS VERY SHALLOW...WITH BARELY 30DBZ TO 15KFT FROM KILN
RADAR SAMPLING STORMS WEST OF INDIANAPOLIS. DESPITE THESE ANEMIC
OBSERVATIONAL FEATURES...AND NOT TO MENTION THE EXTREMELY MARGINAL
NATURE OF THE MLCAPE FIELD /100 J/KG/...THE FORCING AND ANOMALOUS
SURFACE TEMP/DWPT FIELD IS CERTAINLY ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN SEVERE
THREAT INTO A GOOD CHUNK OF THE AREA THIS MORNING.

DO NOT SEE AN OVERLY STRONG FLOOD THREAT...LINE IS PROGRESSIVE AT
35 MPH AND 50 DBZ ECHO IS NARROW/FINE...WITH STRATIFORM RAIN IN
THE WAKE OF THE LINE. SO WILL NOT INTRODUCE FLOOD HEADLINES WITH
THIS FORECAST.

WILL CERTAINLY SEE GRADIENT/SYNOPTIC SCALE SOUTHERLY WINDS
CONTINUE TO INCREASE IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF THE CONVECTIVE
LINE...SUCH THAT WE MAY HIT WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA FOR AN HOUR OR
TWO...BUT GIVEN WINDS WILL DECREASE MARKEDLY IN THE WAKE OF THE
CONVECTION FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAYLIGHT HOURS...WILL NOT
ISSUE WIND ADVISORY AND HANDLE ANY BRIEF ADVISORY LEVEL WINDS WITH
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENTS.

EXPECT CONVECTIVE LINE TO BE EAST OF THE AREA BY 9 AM AT THE
LATEST...AND REMAINDER OF DAY WILL BE SPENT IN LULL BEHIND THE
CONVECTIVE LINE BUT AHEAD OF THE SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT. SCATTERED
SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE REMAINING WARM/MOIST AIRMASS WITH
CONTINUED LIFT FROM THE APPROACHING MID/UPPER TROUGH.

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.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/...

STRONG COLD FRONT SLAMS THROUGH LATE THIS AFTN/EVENING WITH
BEGINNING OF RAPID TEMP DROP...AND RAIN SHOWERS TURNING TO SNOW
SHOWERS. COULD BE SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS OVERNIGHT IN SOME
AREAS...BUT DON/T EXPECT COVERAGE TO BE WIDESPREAD. MAY CREATE
SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL HOWEVER WITH THE FALLING TEMPS. WIND GUSTS
THIS EVENING IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE FRONT COULD REACH 35 TO 40
MPH.

INSIDE SLIDER TYPE SHORTWAVE DIGS DOWN THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE
LONGWAVE TROUGH ON THURSDAY AFTN/NIGHT AND MOST DETERMINISTIC DATA
SETS BRINGING A SWATH OF LIGHT SNOW TO THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THIS
SYSTEM. LATITUDINAL DIFFERENCES EXIST...HOWEVER...ON WHERE THIS
STRIPE OF SNOW OCCURS...AND WHILE SNOW CHANCES WERE INCREASED IN
THE FORECAST...WAS HESITANT TO GET TOO BULLISH YET UNTIL WE GET A
LITTLE MORE AGREEMENT. SYSTEM HAS SOME UPSIDE IN TERMS OF A SWATH OF
ADVISORY- LEVEL SNOW FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...GIVEN RATHER DECENT
Q/G FORCING AND NICE LEFT EXIT JET FORCING AS THE SPEED MAX DRIVES
EASTWARD THROUGH THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. BEARS WATCHING.
OTHERWISE...VERY COLD IN THE WAKE OF THIS SYSTEM FOR LATER
THURSDAY NIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY...WHICH WILL BE A VERY CHILLY DAY
WITH LOW WIND CHILLS.

&&

.LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/...
A SHORTWAVE WILL BE DEPARTING THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON
FRIDAY...WITH CLOUDS REMAINING OVER THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY TO START
THE PERIOD. IT APPEARS THAT THE SNOW WILL BE LIMITED TO AREAS
NORTHEAST OF THE ILN CWA BY FRIDAY...SO NO POPS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED
IN THE FORECAST.

THE AIR MASS ON FRIDAY WILL BE VERY COLD...WITH 850MB TEMPERATURES
OVER THE CWA RANGING FROM -16 TO -20 DEGREES CELSIUS. STANDARDIZED
ANOMALIES INDICATE THESE TEMPERATURES APPROACH 2 STANDARD DEVIATIONS
BELOW NORMAL...NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE ARCTIC AIR LAST WEEK...BUT
STILL RATHER COLD. MAX TEMPS ON FRIDAY HAVE BEEN LOWERED
SLIGHTLY...THOUGH NOT AS COLD AS THE RAW GFS.

THROUGH THE REST OF THE PERIOD...OVERALL MODEL AGREEMENT IN THE
LARGE-SCALE PATTERN IS GOOD THROUGH MONDAY. ON MONDAY AND
LATER...GFSE SPREADS BECOME FAIRLY LARGE...WITH LESS CERTAINTY IN
THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THE NEXT WEATHER SYSTEMS TO IMPACT THE
REGION.

ON SATURDAY...A WEAK NORTHWEST FLOW SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION. WITH SOME INCREASING CONFIDENCE IN THE TIMING OF THIS
SYSTEM...POPS WERE INCREASED WELL INTO THE CHANCE CATEGORY FOR THE
WHOLE CWA. VERIFYING AS CURRENTLY DEPICTED IN THE MODELS...THIS
SYSTEM COULD PRODUCE AN INCH OR TWO OF SNOW.

TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY MODERATE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...AS
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BEHIND THE SATURDAY SYSTEM. THE
TEMPERATURE FORECAST HAS BEEN INCREASED SLIGHTLY THROUGH MONDAY.

A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO MOVE THROUGH THE CWA ON MONDAY NIGHT.
WHILE THE GFS/ECMWF ARE IN DECENT AGREEMENT ON TIMING...THE STRENGTH
OF THE FRONT AND AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE REMAIN UNCERTAIN.
TEMPERATURES WITH THIS FRONT WILL LIKELY SUPPORT A MIX OF RAIN OR
SNOW...WITH NOTHING INDICATING ICY PRECIPITATION AT THIS TIME.

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.AVIATION /06Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
DYNAMIC WX SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. LINE OF CONVECTION
ASSOCIATED WITH A PRE FRONTAL TROF IS OVER WRN INDIANA ATTM. HAVE
THIS TIMED TO THE WRN TAFS AROUND 10Z. CIGS AND VSBYS WILL DROP TO
AT LEAST MVFR WITH THE LINE. LIGHTNING WITH THE LINE HAS BEEN
WAINING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF HOURS...SO CONTINUED WITH ONLY A
VCTS ATTM. WINDS ALOFT WITH THIS SYSTEM ARE OVER 50 KTS. QUESTION
IS WHETHER THESE WINDS WILL BE REALIZED AT THE TAF SITES. DECIDED
TO GO WITH GUSTS TO 40 KTS ATTM. HAVE THE CONVECTION TIMED E OF
CMH BY 13-15Z.

DIRECTLY BEHIND THE CONVECTION...WINDS SHOULD TURN TO THE NW
ALONG WITH MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN LINGERING SHRA FOR A FEW HOURS.
WINDS WILL GRADUALLY TURN BACK TO THE NW AHEAD OF THE MAIN CDFNT
BY LATE MORNING IN THE W AND EARLY AFTN IN THE E.

STRONG CDFNT REACHES THE WRN TAFS AROUND 00Z. THE CAA BEHIND THE
FNT WILL PULL DOWN STRONG AIR ALOFT. EXPECT GUSTS AGAIN OVER 35
KTS POST FRONTAL. ALONG WITH THE STRONG WINDS CIGS WILL DROP BACK
TO MVFR AND THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHRA.

OUTLOOK...BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
INTO THURSDAY. MVFR CEILINGS TO CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT WITH MVFR VSBYS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT. MVFR CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE AGAIN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT.

&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...NONE.
KY...NONE.
IN...NONE.

&&

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LONG TERM...HATZOS
AVIATION...SITES

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
320 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-310830-
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-
320 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

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.

A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CROSS THE AREA
THROUGH MID MORNING...WITH A THREAT OF GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50
MPH. A FEW SEVERE STORMS...OR EVEN A BRIEF ISOLATED
TORNADO...REMAIN POSSIBLE WITH THE LINE. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL
RATES MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED RUNOFF ISSUES AND MINOR FLOODING AS
THE STORMS PASS.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH THE AREA LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH A RENEWED THREAT OF STRONG WIND GUSTS
UP TO 45 MPH. SNOW SHOWERS...AND FALLING TEMPERATURES AFTER SUNSET
MAY YIELD SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LIGHT
ACCUMULATIONS IN A FEW AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SWATH OF LIGHT ACCUMULATING SNOW
ACROSS A PORTION OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. UNCERTAINTY REMAINS
HIGH ON LOCATIONS SEEING THE BEST THREAT OF THE SNOW AND
SUBSEQUENT AMOUNTS...BUT THERE MAY BE SOME SLIPPERY TRAVEL
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH ANY LIGHT SNOW AND AN
INCREASE IN WIND.

FRIDAY WILL FEATURE COLD TEMPERATURES WITH WIND CHILLS IN THE
MORNING FROM ZERO TO 5 BELOW ZERO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE LINE
OF STORMS PASSES THROUGH THE AREA.

BINAU

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
439 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0437 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST NEW CARLISLE            39.94N 84.03W
01/30/2013  M53.00 MPH       CLARK              OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

0437 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST ENGLEWOOD               39.86N 84.31W
01/30/2013  M51.00 MPH       MONTGOMERY         OH   BROADCAST MEDIA

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
526 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0508 AM     TSTM WND GST     PIQUA                   40.15N 84.25W
01/30/2013  M41 MPH          MIAMI              OH   AMATEUR RADIO

            TIME ESTIMATED

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
530 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

INZ075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ060-061-070-071-077-078-301115-
SWITZERLAND IN-OHIO IN-KENTON KY-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-BOONE KY-
CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-BUTLER OH-HAMILTON OH-
MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH-WARREN OH-CLERMONT OH-
530 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

...A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS
WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN CLERMONT...WESTERN WARREN...SOUTHEASTERN
PREBLE...SOUTHERN MONTGOMERY...HAMILTON...EASTERN
BUTLER...GRANT...GALLATIN...EXTREME EASTERN
CARROLL...CAMPBELL...BOONE...WESTERN
PENDLETON...OWEN...KENTON...OHIO AND EASTERN SWITZERLAND COUNTIES
THROUGH 615 AM EST...

AT 526 AM EST...MUCH OF THIS ACTIVITY DOES NOT HAVE LIGHTNING
ASSOCIATED WITH IT...AND HAS BEEN SLOWLY WEAKENING...BUT THE SHOWERS
AND ISOLATED STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF LOCALIZED SUDDEN STRONG
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WHICH MAY CAUSE MINOR TREE DAMAGE...AND
CAUSE LOOSE ITEMS TO BE BLOWN ABOUT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...FAIRFIELD...CHEVIOT...
OAKBROOK...TRENTON...OWENTON...FOREST PARK...MOUNT HEALTHY...UNION...
NORTH COLLEGE HILL...FLORENCE...VILLA HILLS AND SOUTH MIDDLETOWN.

ALSO...BROMLEY...GLENCOE...JACKSONBURG...BIG BONE...BRIDGETOWN
NORTH...NORTHGATE...WHITE OAK AND PLEASANT RUN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3835 8487 3838 8490 3842 8489 3842 8495
      3844 8497 3847 8496 3849 8500 3851 8499
      3850 8502 3894 8488 3959 8459 3972 8411
      3906 8430 3851 8452 3834 8474 3833 8480

ASL

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
540 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0535 AM     TSTM WND GST     5 E OWENTON             38.54N 84.75W
01/30/2013  M48 MPH          OWEN               KY   MESONET

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BINAU

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
541 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0533 AM     TSTM WND GST     KHAO HAMILTON APT       39.36N 84.52W
01/30/2013  M49 MPH          BUTLER             OH   ASOS

&&

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
544 AM EST WED JAN 30 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0542 AM     TSTM WND GST     KMWO MIDDLETOWN APT     39.53N 84.40W
01/30/2013  M44 MPH          BUTLER             OH   ASOS

            VIA BROADCAST MEDIA

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