Persistent heavy rain occurred during the evening ahead of a cold front.
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Persistent heavy rain occurred during the evening ahead of a cold front.
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 Jan 13, 8:59 PM EST, 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 859 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2013 .SYNOPSIS... HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE MIDWEST AND NOSE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SKIRT THE NORTHEAST OHIO VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... COLD FRONT EXTENDS ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN COUNTIES AND WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR SHOWS A SHARP EDGE TO THE RAIN WHICH IS LAGGING THE FRONT BY A FEW HOURS. EXPECT THE RAIN TO COME TO AN END BY 06Z. WITH THIS QUICK CUTOFF IT APPEARS THAT PRECIPITATION WILL END BEFORE TEMPERATURES ARE COLD ENOUGH FOR ANY WINTRY MIX. TIGHT GRADIENT IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT HAS RESULT IN GUSTY WINDS. THESE SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH AS GRADIENT RELAXES. SATELLITE SHOWS CLEARING WORKING INTO WESTERN INDIANA. RAP FORECASTS SEEM TO HAVE A REASONABLE HANDLE ON THIS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. THIS SUGGESTS THAT CLEARING WILL WORK INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER TONIGHT. FORECAST LOWS LOOK REASONABLE WITH SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURE DROP. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... I WAS UNABLE TO GO AS LOW ON THE CLOUD COVER WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN AS I WOULD LIKE. THOUGHT THE MOISTURE BUILDING IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY AND THE INCREASED MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHEAST ON MONDAY WOULD BATTLE FOR AT LEAST SOME CLOUD COVER OVER THE REST OF THE CWA FOR SOME POINT IN TIME. A VORTICITY MAXIMA IS NOTED SOMEWHAT AT H5 AND WILL SKIRT SOUTHEAST CWA MONDAY EVENING...INCREASING THE THREAT FOR A PASSING SNOW SHOWER FOR JUST A FEW COUNTIES SOUTH OF CHILLICOTHE AND EAST OF MAYSVILLE. BOTH NAM AND GFS ARE HINTING AT A WEAK SHORTWAVE WITH THIS VORT IN THE MEAN SOUTHWEST FLOW. HIGH PRESSURE STRENGTHENING IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT WILL HELP USHER IN MORE SEASONAL AND SIGNIFICANTLY COLDER TEMPERATURES TO THE REGION. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... FORECAST PERIOD BEGINS WITH SFC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGING OVER THE FA. THIS RIDGING GETS SHUNTED E QUICKLY ON WEDNESDAY AS A CDFNT SWINGS THRU THE GREAT LAKES WED AFTN. MODELS ARE KEEPING THE BEST LIFT N OF THE FA WITH THIS SYSTEM...SO KEPT THE FCST DRY. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS BACK INTO THE OH AND TN VALLEYS THU INTO FRI. ENERGY KEEPS RUNNING THROUGH THE SUBTLE ERN U.S. LONGWAVE TROF OVER THE WEEKEND. GFS AND ECMWF DIFFER ON THE STRENGTH OF A SYSTEM ON SATURDAY....BUT BOTH PUSH COOLER AIR IN ON SUNDAY WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT. ONCE AGAIN THE MOISTURE IS LOOKING LIMITED FOR SUNDAY...SO KEPT THE FCST DRY. AS FOR TEMPERATURES...THE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE ON WEDNESDAY WILL ALLOW HIGHS TO CREEP INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. COOLER AIR BEHIND WEDNESDAYS SYSTEM WILL FILTER IN FOR THU...DROPPING HIGHS INTO 30S. THE SEE-SAW TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE...AS A WARMER AIR WORKS BACK IN FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HIGHS FRIDAY WILL BE IN THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S...WITH 40S FOR HIGHS ON SATURDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE ANOTHER DOWN TURN ON SUNDAY AS HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 30S IN THE N TO MID 40S IN NRN KY. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... RAIN WILL COME TO AN END AT ALL TERMINALS IN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. IFR/MVFR CEILINGS WILL REMAIN WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. EXPECT CEILINGS TO LIFT A BIT BEFORE SCATTERING OUT. THIS SHOULD OCCUR BEFORE 12Z. ALTHOUGH THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ENOUGH LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE FOR CEILINGS TO REMAIN WELL INTO THE MORNING. WINDS WILL DECREASE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ONCE LOWER CLOUDS BREAK EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE REST OF THE TAF PERIOD WITH ONLY MID CLOUDS SPREADING BACK IN LATE. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM... SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...SITES AVIATION...
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 806 PM EST SUN JAN 13 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-141700- 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- 806 PM EST SUN JAN 13 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...TONIGHT. RAIN WILL COME TO AN END ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN MAY CONTINUE TO RESULT IN ELEVATED LEVELS ON CREEKS AND STREAMS AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Minor flooding was reported along Hunter and Schroder roads due to heavy rainfall.
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