An upper level disturbance produced an area of thunderstorms across northern Indiana which dropped southeast into the region. These thunderstorms produced damaging winds.
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An upper level disturbance produced an area of thunderstorms across northern Indiana which dropped southeast into the region. These thunderstorms produced 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 Aug 19, 8:10 PM EST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 910 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 .SYNOPSIS... MULTIPLE DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE WEEK. THESE DISTURBANCES WILL ALLOW FOR OFF AND ON PRECIPITATION CHANCES THROUGH THE WEEK. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS OVER INDIANA ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE FA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY STILL REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS HOWEVER BELIEVE THAT ANY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL. MADE ONLY MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO TEMPERATURES FOR THE OVERNIGHT TIME FRAME. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE BEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ON WEDNESDAY WILL ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE FA CLOSER TO THE WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY. A BREAK IN THE ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY EVENING. A DISTURBANCE WILL BEGIN TO WORK INTO THE AREA WITH NW FLOW ALOFT LATE IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH THIS FEATURE WILL BE ACROSS SW PORTIONS OF THE FA. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL FOR WEDNESDAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE TO UPPER 80S. LOWS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ARE EXPECTED TO DROP DOWN INTO THE 60S. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE POSITIONED OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THROUGH THE PERIOD. THIS WILL PUT THE ILN AREA ON THE EASTERN FLANK OF THE UPPER RIDGE. IN THIS REGIME...TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL AND THE AIRMASS WILL BE HUMID. THIS WILL RESULT IN UNSTABLE CONDITIONS LEADING TO SEVERAL ROUNDS OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT. FOR THURSDAY...A RATHER POTENT SHORT WAVE ROUNDING THE UPPER RIDGE IS SHOWN TO ENTER THE AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. COOLER AIR ALOFT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TO STEEPEN LAPSE RATES AND PRODUCE THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORM FORMATION BY THURSDAY EVENING. FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY...A VERY SIMILAR UPPER AIR PATTERN WILL PRODUCE GOOD CHANCES FOR AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS...PARTICULARLY IN EASTERN COUNTIES CLOSER TO SHORT WAVE FORCING. THE UPPER RIDGE MAY SAG SOUTHWARD ON TUESDAY...ALLOWING A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. MOS GUIDANCE AND 1000-850 MB THICKNESS FORECASTS POINT TO THE WARMEST WEATHER WE WILL EXPERIENCE THIS SUMMER. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO MID 90S...WITH HIGHER READINGS TENDING TO BE IN SOUTHWEST COUNTIES WHERE SUNSHINE SHOULD BE MORE PREVALENT CLOSER TO THE UPPER RIDGE AXIS. && .AVIATION /01Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... MID/UPR LEVEL LOW OVER THE GREAT LAKES WITH EMBEDDED S/W ROTATING AROUND THIS FEATURE THRU THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT. THIS UPR LEVEL SUPPORT WILL AID THE DEVELOP OF CONVECTION ACRS THE AREA THIS EVENING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP ACRS THE TAF SITES THIS EVENING IN THE MODERATELY UNSTBL AIRMASS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT. HAVE A MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS AT ALL SITES IN THE EARLY PART OF THE FCST. HAVE ALL PCPN ENDING BY 06Z BUT CANNOT RULE OUT SOME LINGERING SHOWERS...BUT THIS CHANCE IS LOW ENOUGH TO NOT MENTION IN TAFS. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN FOG DEVELOPING AGAIN TONIGHT AT ALL TAF SITES WITH SOME TAF SITES DROPPING TO IFR CATEGORY. ALL SITES SHOULD RETURN TO VFR BY 14Z WITH SCATTERED CUMULUS DEVELOPING IN THE MORNING. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...NOVAK SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM...CONIGLIO AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>072-077-210130- 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-HAMILTON- 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 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...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WEATHER. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ073-074-078>082-088-210130- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-HOCKING-CLERMONT-BROWN- HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
810 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
INZ050-OHZ042-060-200045-
WAYNE IN-DARKE OH-PREBLE OH-
810 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PREBLE...SOUTHWESTERN
DARKE AND EASTERN WAYNE COUNTIES THROUGH 845 PM EDT...
AT 809 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
MIDDLEBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...NEW PARIS.
ALSO...MIDDLEBORO...WHITEWATER...BETHEL...HOLLANSBURG...NEW
MADISON...ABBOTTSVILLE...WEST MANCHESTER...WAYNE LAKES...ELDORADO AND
CASTINE ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
LAT...LON 4000 8490 4001 8486 4001 8483 4001 8482
4003 8481 4009 8457 3979 8454 3979 8494SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
815 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
OHZ046-200045-
DELAWARE OH-
815 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DELAWARE COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM
EDT...
AT 813 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSTATE
71 AT US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ASHLEY.
ALSO...LEONARDSBURG...KILBOURNE AND OLIVE GREEN ARE NEAR THE PATH OF
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4041 8292 4036 8292 4036 8275 4035 8274
4030 8274 4019 8301 4030 8313 4042 8296
4042 8293SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
842 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
OHZ034-035-200115-
AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH-
842 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN MERCER AND AUGLAIZE
COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
AT 840 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
CHICKASAW...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...ST. MARYS...WAPAKONETA
AND CRIDERSVILLE.
ALSO...BULKHEAD...NEW KNOXVILLE...MOULTON...BUCKLAND...ST. JOHNS AND
UNIOPOLIS ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 4066 8422 4066 8411 4065 8410 4065 8403
4056 8404 4042 8455 4058 8454 4067 8422SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
913 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
OHZ026-035-044-200145-
AUGLAIZE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-
913 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...HARDIN AND
EASTERN AUGLAIZE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 911 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW
HAMPSHIRE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...KENTON.
ALSO...ROUNDHEAD...ALGER...JUMBO...WALTON...MCGUFFEY...
HUNTERSVILLE...SILVER CREEK...PFEIFFER...MENTZER AND BLANCHARD ARE
NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4081 8360 4060 8349 4049 8396 4064 8404
4065 8401 4065 8389 4070 8388SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
OHZ046-056-200145-
DELAWARE OH-LICKING OH-
916 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LICKING AND EASTERN
DELAWARE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM EDT...
AT 915 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSTATE
71 AT US ROUTE 36/STATE ROUTE 37...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 30 MPH...
PEA SIZE HAIL...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTIES...INCLUDING OLIVE GREEN
AND HARTFORD.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES
STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
LAT...LON 4016 8298 4034 8305 4037 8293 4036 8292
4036 8275 4035 8274 4028 8274 4027 8248
4025 8247SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1154 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-200430- UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-FAYETTE IN-WAYNE IN- 1154 PM EDT TUE AUG 19 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WAYNE...FAYETTE... NORTHERN FRANKLIN AND WESTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 1230 AM EDT... AT 1152 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 50 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LAUREL...CONNERSVILLE AND LIBERTY. ALSO...FALMOUTH...GLENWOOD...ANDERSONVILLE...BUNKER HILL... COLUMBIA...ALPINE...NULLTOWN...BEESONS...METTEL FIELD AND WATERLOO ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND SMALL STREAMS. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. LAT...LON 3976 8491 3942 8493 3949 8531 3973 8531
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were knocked down on Winn Road.
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