Slow moving thunderstorms resulted in heavy rain and flash flooding across portions of west central Ohio.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Slow moving thunderstorms resulted in heavy rain and flash flooding across portions of west central Ohio.
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 Jul 1, 8:34 AM EST, 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 934 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 .SYNOPSIS... A LARGE PERSISTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE REGION WILL SLOWLY SHIFT WESTWARD AND WEAKEN BY THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE...WITH DEVELOPMENT OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOCUSED PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS EACH DAY. TEMPERATURES WILL RISE GRADUALLY THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS SLOWLY PIVOTING UP ACROSS NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF OUR FA THIS MORNING. THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A LITTLE MORE MOVEMENT WITH THESE STORMS COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW YESTERDAY...BUT WILL STILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON POTENTIAL FLOODING AS THIS IS MOVING ACROSS A FEW OF THE AREAS THAT RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT LOCALIZED RAINFALL YESTERDAY. OTHERWISE...SHORT WAVE ENERGY ROTATING AROUND THE MAIN UPPER LOW OVER THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY SHOULD AID IN DIURNALLY ENHANCED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN THE PRIMARY CONCERN HEADING INTO THIS AFTERNOON BUT SHEAR VALUES ARE A LITTLE HIGHER TODAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS OUR EASTERN AREAS. THIS COULD SUPPORT SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL/WIND WITH A FEW OF THE STORMS LATER TODAY. EXPECT HIGHS THIS AFTERNOON IN THE UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... NUMERICAL MODEL SOLNS GENERALLY SIMILAR WITH ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER LOWER OH VLY RETROGRADING WEST INTO IL TUESDAY. SFC LOW AND ASSOCIATED TROF AXIS TO PIVOT NORTH THRU ILNS FA TONIGHT. WILL BEGIN THE PERIOD WITH THE HIGHEST POPS IN LKLY CATEGORY ACRS THE SOUTH AND THEN ROTATE THESE POPS NORTHWEST AND SHOW A DIMINISHING TREND TO CHC CATEGORY. SFC LOW/TROF AXIS TO SET UP ACRS WESTERN FA TUESDAY WITH AFTN BLYR CAPES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG. WILL RAMP AFTN POPS UP TO LKLY ACRS THE WEST WHERE SFC TROF AXIS WILL BE ORIENTED TO CHANCE ACRS THE SOUTHEAST. TUESDAYS HIGHS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BELOW NORMAL RANGING FROM THE MID/UPR 70S NW TO THE LOWER 80S SE. WILL ALLOW POPS TO DIURNALLY DIMINISH TUESDAY NIGHT PER OBSERVATION THE PAST SEVERAL NIGHTS DUE TO LOSS OF INSTBY. WILL INCREASE POPS WEDNESDAY BUT LIMIT MAX TO HIGH CHANCE CATEGORY. WILL CARRY BEST POPS ACRS THE EAST. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY EXPECTED TO BE A LTL CLOSER TO NORMAL...FROM UPPER 70S TO THE LOWER 80S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... HIGHLY AMPLIFIED UPPER PATTERN WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE THROUGH THE PERIOD AS THE TROUGH IN THE MIDDLE PART OF THE COUNTRY WEAKENS AS THE HIGH BUILDS WEST FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST. THIS PATTERN WILL RESULT IN PLENTIFUL MOISTURE ACROSS THE REGION. AND AS DISTURBANCES ROTATE AROUND THE PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER HIGH THERE WILL BE CONTINUED CHANCES OF CONVECTION. BETTER COVERAGE WILL BE FAVORED IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING BUT STORMS AT OTHER TIMES OF THE DAY CANNOT BE RULED OUT. TEMPERATURES WILL INCREASE SLIGHTLY WITH TIME. THERE IS SOME POTENTIAL THAT THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS COULD END UP A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH BY THE WEEKEND. AND IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR THEN THE CHANCE OF RAIN WOULD DECREASE AND TEMPERATURES WOULD BE WARMER. && .AVIATION /14Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... A TROUGH IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE CENTERED OVER WESTERN KENTUCKY WILL GRADUALLY MOVE WEST. MOISTURE ADVECTING FROM THE SOUTHEAST AROUND A WEAK SURFACE LOW INTO AN ENVIRONMENT OF COOL AIR ALOFT WILL RESULT IN NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. CONVECTION THAT HAS HELD TOGETHER THIS MORNING WILL EXPAND AND INTENSIFY BY THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY BUILDS WILL DAYTIME HEATING. KEPT VISIBILITIES VFR THOUGH AMENDMENTS WILL BE NEEDED IF TSRA LINGER AT ANY TAF SITES. LOWER CEILINGS HAVE DEVELOPED THIS MORNING AT ILN CMH AND LCK IN THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER AND OTHER SITES MAY SEE SIMILAR CEILINGS. WINDS WILL STAY OUT OF THE NORTHEAST TO EAST AT UNDER 10 KNOTS...WITH A SHIFT TO SOUTH AFTER 12Z TUESDAY AT CVG. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM... AVIATION...CONIGLIO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 521 AM EDT MON JUL 1 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-020930- 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- 521 AM EDT MON JUL 1 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 BROAD UPPER LEVEL LOW IN THE AREA WILL LEAD TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE BEST COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. UNDER THE CONTINUED INFLUENCE OF AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED... HOWEVER A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
848 AM EDT MON JUL 01 2013
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0230 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 W BELLE CENTER 40.51N 83.76W
06/30/2013 LOGAN OH PUBLIC
WATER ENTERED HOME FROM NEARBY OVERFLOWING CREEK.
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KURZThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:31 UTC.
3 flash flood, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
There were numerous reports of high water due to heavy rainfall in and around Bellefontaine.
High water due to heavy rainfall was reported over several roads between Fort Recovery and Wabash.
Several roads in the area from East Liberty to north of West Mansfield were impassible due to high rushing water caused by heavy rainfall.
Rushing water over many roads was occurring from around Rushylvania to Big Springs due to heavy rainfall.
Three county roads were closed due to high water caused by heavy rainfall, including 101, 105, and 25. All of these locations were near the community of Northwood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 464205, 464212, 464214, 464217, 464220.