A disturbance moved across the region in a moist airmass to produce a large area of rain during the morning. Minor flooding occurred in northern Kentucky as a result of this rainfall.
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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.
A disturbance moved across the region in a moist airmass to produce a large area of rain during the morning. Minor flooding occurred in northern Kentucky as a result of this rainfall.
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 17, 6:48 AM EST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 651 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-180945- 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- 651 AM EST SUN NOV 17 2013 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT EST TONIGHT... 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. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WIND ADVISORY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WIDESPREAD ALONG AND AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. DUE TO THE STRONG LOW LEVEL WIND FIELDS THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. HOWEVER...A FEW TORNADOES AND HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME WILL BE LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Mill Creek Road was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
Highway 467 was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
Whites Run Road was closed in a low lying location due to high water caused by heavy rainfall.
A few low roads were closed across Pendleton County due to excessive runoff caused by heavy rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 2013
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 483551, 483554, 483555, 483556.