A slow moving band of showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across portions of southwestern Ohio.
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A slow moving band of showers and thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall across portions of southwestern 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 Jun 18, 5:35 AM EST, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 635 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 .SYNOPSIS... SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM OHIO TO PENNSYLVANIA TODAY AND DRAPE A WEAK COLD FRONT THROUGH OHIO AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT AND USHER IN DRIER AIR ON NORTHERLY WINDS. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING TO KEY OFF OF FOR THE FORECAST TODAY. WEAK COLD FRONT CROSSING THE REGION WILL MIX WITH AN UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE PUSHING INTO THE OHIO VALLEY FROM THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WHILE THE SURFACE FRONT IS BARELY DISCERNABLE...IT WILL INTERACT WITH THE MID LEVEL SHORTWAVE TO ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO SPROUT IN AN ATMOSPHERE THAT COULD SUPPORT SEVERE STORMS LATER TODAY. DECENT LAPSE RATES IN THE LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND A MID LEVEL PUSH WILL LET UPDRAFTS ACCELERATE QUICKLY LATER TODAY. WHILE DIRECTIONAL SHEAR IS NOT VERY STRONG...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH SPEED SHEAR FOR TILTED UPDRAFTS TO SUPPORT A WET MICROBURST PATTERN...POSSIBLY SOME LARGE HAIL. BEFORE THE STORMS RAIN THEMSELVES OUT...OUTFLOWS FROM THESE STORMS INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER WILL SUPPORT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT. DO NOT EXPECT STORMS TO LAST LONG IN ANY ONE LOCATION BUT HEAVY RAIN...LOCALIZED FLOODING...AND A QUICK RAMP-UP WITH POTENTIAL FOR LARGE HAIL ARE REAL THREATS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY/... SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE AROUND AT THE START OF THE PERIOD BUT WILL QUICKLY BE RAMPING DOWN AROUND MIDNIGHT AS THE SHORTWAVE AXIS CROSSES THE CWA. THREAT FOR STORMS TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST. AFTER THIS TIME...DRIER AIR ON NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INFILTRATE THE OHIO VALLEY BEHIND THE FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE. A DRY PERIOD IS IN THE OFFING AFTER TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR NORMAL ON BOTH DAYTIME HIGHS AND NIGHTTIME LOWS...GENERALLY AROUND 80 AND IN THE UPPER 50S TO AROUND 60. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE NATIONS MID SECTION AT MID WEEK WITH FLOW BECOMING NORTHWESTERLY OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE TO BUILD SE BECOMING CENTERED OVER THE REGION WEDNESDAY. THIS HIGH WILL PROVIDE DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND OFFER TEMPERATURES A LTL BELOW NORMAL WEDNESDAY AND CLOSE TO NORMAL THURSDAY. MID LEVEL RIDGE AXIS TO SLIDE EAST INTO THE MID MS VALLEY BY THE END OF THE WEEK. A SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL DEVELOP ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS RETREATING SFC HIGH PRESSURE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A WARMING TREND FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. HIGHS ON FRIDAY ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE 80S. SOME MODEL SOLN DIFFERENCES EXIST REGARDING HOW FAR EAST THE RIDGE BUILDS AND RESULTANT...HEAT AND SUPPRESSION OF DEEP CONVECTION. LATEST OPERATIONAL ECMWF/GFS WOULD SUGGEST THAT WIDESPREAD CONVECTION WILL HOLD OFF THRU SATURDAY. WILL ALLOW SLIGHT CHC POPS SATURDAY NIGHT AND LOW POP CHANCE TO DEVELOP SUNDAY WITH SOME EVIDENCE THAT A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL DIVE SE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. SINCE A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY EXISTS AT THIS TIMEFRAME REGARDING TIMING AND PLACEMENT HAVE LIMITED POPS. SFC FRONT TO LAY OUT ACRS SRN GREAT LAKES MONDAY. WILL CONTINUE A LOW POP CHC FOR PRECIP WITH THE BEST CHANCE ACRS THE NORTH. IN THE WARM SECTOR EXPECT HIGHS IN THE MID/UPR 80S BOTH SATURDAY/ SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /10Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... OVERNIGHT CONVECTION CONTINUES TO FLARE AS ENERGY WORKS THROUGH THE FAST FLOW ACROSS SRN OH/IN AND INTO KY. MODELS ARE INDICATING THAT THIS SUPPORT SLIPS E OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AND THAT THIS CURRENT CONVECTION WILL WEAKEN AS IT DOES. THE A SECOND S/WV IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WORKS TOWARDS THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON...REACHING THE REGION BETWEEN 00-03Z. THIS FEATURE...ALONG WITH LINGERING INSTABILITY NEAR AND BEHIND A STALLED FRONT WILL TRIGGER ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION. KEPT THE MENTION OF VCTS/CB AT THE TERMINALS STARTING AT 18Z. THE BEST CHC OF TSTM THIS AFTN INTO EVENING LOOKS TO BE ALONG THE OHIO RIVER...SO PUT A TEMPO IN THE CVG/LUK TAFS AROUND 00Z FOR A FEW HOURS. THE SECOND S/WV SHOULD BE MOVING PAST BY 06Z...SO BROUGHT THE PCPN TO AN END AT 06Z AND SCT OUT THE CLOUDS. COULD SEE SOME MVFR FOG AT THE SOUTHERN TAFS...AND POSSIBLY IFR AT LUK. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...SITES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 459 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-190900- 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- 459 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 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. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH A MARKED INCREASE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIND PROFILES AND THE INSTABILITY IN PLACE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE HIGH POTENTIAL FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL TODAY. IN THE CORES OF THESE STORMS WILL ALSO EXIST A HEIGHTENED CHANCE FOR LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER IN THE DAY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 801 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 OHZ055-056-065-181230- FAIRFIELD OH-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING OH- 801 AM EDT TUE JUN 18 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN LICKING... SOUTHEASTERN FRANKLIN AND NORTHWESTERN FAIRFIELD COUNTIES THROUGH 830 AM EDT... AT 756 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BRICE... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...PICKERINGTON...CANAL WINCHESTER AND BALTIMORE. ALSO...LITHOPOLIS AND CARROLL ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3984 8254 3976 8280 3993 8294 4003 8275
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
A car was stranded in 3 feet of water under a railroad overpass along State Route 4 due to heavy rainfall.
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