Thunderstorms developed during the peak heating of the day. One of these storms became severe.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed during the peak heating of the day. One of these storms became severe. The main threat from these storms was damaging winds.
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 22, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 138 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS... SOUTHERLY FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH BERMUDA HIGH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES ABOVE NORMAL AND BRING INCREASING HUMIDITY. A WEAKENING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT ACROSS THE AREA ON SUNDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... EAST-WEST ORIENTED UPR LVL RIDGE WILL REMAIN ACRS THE AREA TODAY AS A WEAK UPR LVL LOW BEGINS TO LIFT NORTHWARD FROM THE SE U.S. WITHOUT STRONG FORCING...IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHEN AND WHERE CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP TODAY. THOUGH THERE WILL BE CAPE OF AROUND 2000 J/KG...STRONG CAP AT 11000 FEET WILL WORK AGAINST CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. IT STILL APPEARS THAT THE BEST CHANCE FOR TSRA WILL BE ACRS OUR NW WHERE LEFT OVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM YESTERDAYS UPSTREAM CONVECTION...OR PERHAPS AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM CURRENT CONVECTION TO OUR NW...WILL OFFER AN AREA OF FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS. ELSEWHERE...LOWEST CHANCE SHOULD BE IN OUR EAST/SOUTHEAST. HIGHS WILL BE CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS READINGS...PEAKING IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... UPR LEVEL RIDGE WILL REORIENT ITSELF OFF THE MID ATLANTIC/SE U.S. COAST TONIGHT AS THE WEAK UPR LEVEL LOW OPENS UP AND CONTINUES ITS MOVEMENT TOWARD THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY. EARLY EVENING CONVECTION SHOULD DISSIPATE DURING THE EVENING WITH THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING AND THE LACK OF LOW LEVEL FORCING. ON SUNDAY...UPR LVL LOW WILL PUSH NE ACRS THE REGION. BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ACRS THE ERN/SERN ZONES DURING THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. FOR SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...SYSTEM DEPARTS TO OUR EAST WHILE UPR LVL FLOW BECOMES ZONAL. CONVECTION SHOULD END DURING SUNDAY EVENING. ON MONDAY...MODELS BECOME MUDDLED IN TERMS OF TIMING OF UPCOMING EMBEDDED WX DISTURBANCES IN THE WESTERLY FLOW. HAVE GONE WITH A LOW CHANCE OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS IN THE PEAK HEATING OF THE DAY. FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...AGAIN TIMING OF NEXT UPSTREAM DISTURBANCE VARIES FROM MODEL TO MODEL BUT SHOULD OCCUR DURING THIS TIME FRAME. WILL CONTINUE WITH CHANCES POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH THE THREAT TAPERING OFF TUESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... ANOTHER WEAK DISTURBANCE IN THE WEST/NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION CHANCES IN THE FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY. BETTER CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WILL BE ON THURSDAY AS A STRONGER SYSTEM BEGINS TO WORK INTO THE REGION. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO FRIDAY AS AN UPPER TROUGH DIGS INTO THE REGION. ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL START OUT THE LONG TERM TIME FRAME HOWEVER...BY THE END OF THE LONG TERM...HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL. && .AVIATION /18Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE UNDER A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS AND MAY AFFECT TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AT DAY. CONVECTION WILL DISSIPATE THIS EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. IN A SIMILAR WEATHER REGIME...CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON. OUTLOOK...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HICKMAN NEAR TERM...CONIGLIO/HICKMAN SHORT TERM...HICKMAN LONG TERM...HICKMAN/NOVAK AVIATION...CONIGLIO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 154 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>072-074-077-231800- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-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-HOCKING-HAMILTON- 154 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTAIN FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY RESULT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ073-078>082-088-231800- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND- ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 154 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE CHANCE FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 226 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 OHZ044-045-052-221900- CHAMPAIGN OH-LOGAN OH-UNION OH- 226 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN UNION...SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN AND NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM EDT... AT 225 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR KENNARD... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 50 MPH... PEA SIZE HAIL... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...NORTH LEWISBURG. ALSO...MINGO...PICKRELLTOWN...VALLEY HI...ZANESFIELD AND MIDDLEBURG ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4036 8366 4023 8347 4010 8366 4020 8380 ASL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 238 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 OHZ051>053-221915- CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-MIAMI OH- 238 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MIAMI...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM EDT... AT 234 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAVEN VIEW...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 50 MPH... PEA SIZE HAIL... THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN MIAMI...NORTHWESTERN CLARK AND SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES... INCLUDING HAVEN VIEW AND CHRISTIANSBURG. LAT...LON 4013 8398 3998 8395 3998 8415 4008 8416 ASL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 317 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 OHZ051>053-221945- CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-MIAMI OH- 317 PM EDT SAT JUN 22 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MIAMI...NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM EDT... AT 312 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE AREA. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 50 MPH... PEA SIZE HAIL... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...URBANA AND MECHANICSBURG. ALSO...DIALTON...NORTH HAMPTON...BUCK CREEK STATE PARK...NEW MOOREFIELD...THACKERY...TERRE HAUTE...POWHATTAN...CATAWBA STATION... CABLE AND WESTVILLE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4020 8352 3995 8353 3992 8411 4010 8411
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:26 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered trees were reported down from Moorefield Township to the Champaign County line due to thunderstorm winds.
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