A disturbance brought rainfall to portions of the Ohio Valley that had already received heavy rain over the previous couple of days. Flooding resulted from the additional rainfall.
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A disturbance brought rainfall to portions of the Ohio Valley that had already received heavy rain over the previous couple of days. Flooding resulted from the additional rainfall.
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 Apr 30, 12:38 PM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 138 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A STACKED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WISCONSIN WILL TRANSLATE NORTHEAST TOWARDS CANADA ON THURSDAY. THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING NORTHWEST FLOW TO THE OHIO VALLEY THROUGH THE WEEKEND...KEEPING A COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS OVER THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL NOSE IN FROM THE NORTHWEST ON SUNDAY...MARKING A RETURN TO MORE SEASONAL TEMPERATURES TO THE OHIO VALLEY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A WEAK WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL LIFT UP THROUGH THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PRIMARILY EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR FA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME VERY WEAK ELEVATED INSTABILITIES SO TOUGH TO RULE OUT AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM. EASTERN PORTIONS OF OUR FA HAVE RECEIVED A GOOD DEAL OF RAIN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS SO FFG IS ON THE LOWER SIDE ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...SOME ISOLATED FLOODING ISSUES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY EMBEDDED HEAVIER SHOWERS. TEMPS WILL DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER TODAY. EXPECT CLOUDS TO HANG IN THROUGH A GOOD PART OF THE DAY ACROSS THE EAST SO HAVE MADE SOME DOWNWARD ADJUSTMENT TO TEMPS THERE. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY/... COLD AIR PUSH WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT AND STRONG WEST-SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL KICK IN ON THURSDAY...LIMITING HIGHS TO ABOUT 10 DEG LOWER THAN TODAY. THE CLOUDY AND COOL AIRMASS WILL CONTINUE TO BE REINFORCED BY WESTERLY FLOW...WITH SATURDAY SEEING SIMILAR HIGHS AS FRIDAY UNDER A CONTINUED STRONG WESTERLY FLOW. WITH THE COOL AND MOIST AIRMASS...SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE REGION...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE I-70 CORRIDOR CLOSER TO THE BROAD UPWARD MOTION SUPPLIED BY THE LOW NORTH OF THE GREAT LAKES REGION. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE BEST SUPPORTED IN THE AFTERNOON AND DIMINISH OVERNIGHT. THE AIRMASS WILL BEGIN TO MODIFY SLIGHTLY BEGINNING ON SATURDAY WHEN SOME SUNSHINE WILL BE ABLE TO WORK AGAINST THE CONTINUED COLD AIR ADVECTION. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... FOR SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL DOMINATE THE REGION AS AFOREMENTIONED UPPER LEVEL CLOSED LOW PUSHES OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST WHILE A MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS NORTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS. SKIES SHOULD BE PARTLY CLOUDY AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL A TAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN ZONES. FOR MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...MODELS SUGGEST THAT THE MID LEVEL RIDGE TO OUR WEST WILL TRY TO BUILD EAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. AS THIS OCCURS..A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. IT IS DIFFICULT AT THIS JUNCTURE TO DETERMINE IF THE FRONT WILL BE ACTIVE OR NOT GIVEN UNCERTAINTY OF ANY EMBEDDED DISTURBANCES INTERACTING WITH THE BOUNDARY AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST. HAVE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY FOR NOW...BUT THIS WILL HAVE TO BE TWEAKED AS WE GET CLOSER. TEMPERATURES WILL REBOUND ON TUESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE WARM FRONT. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... DRIER AIR IS SLOWLY WORKING IN FROM THE WEST AND THIS HAS ALLOWED FOR SOME PARTIAL CLEARING TO DEVELOP AT THE WESTERN TAF SITES EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS ARE PERSISTING ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA BUT SHOULD SLOWLY TAPER OFF THROUGH MID TO LATE AFTERNOON AS THE DRIER AIR CONTINUES TO NUDGE IN FROM THE WEST. SOME BETTER LOWER LEVEL MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO PUSH BACK IN FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS TONIGHT. AS THE UPPER LEVEL LOW ROTATES ACROSS THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES...A FEW DIURNALLY ENHANCED SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. OUTLOOK...MVFR CEILINGS POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...HICKMAN AVIATION...JGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1158 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>098-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>054-060>063-070>072-077>080-011600- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY- LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-PREBLE- MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- BROWN-HIGHLAND- 1158 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. KYZ099-100-OHZ055-056-064-065-073-074-081-082-088-011600- MASON-LEWIS-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING- ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 1158 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. AN AREA OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT THE SCIOTO VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL OHIO INCLUDING THE HOCKING HILLS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE SHOWERS MAY PRODUCE FLOODING IN AREAS THAT ARE PRONE TO FLOOD OR HAVE POOR DRAINAGE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1019 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1017 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 S RIBOLT 38.53N 83.52W
04/30/2014 M1.28 INCH LEWIS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TWELVE HOUR AMOUNT. PONDING OF WATER. CREEKS ARE
BANKFULL.
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ANOVAKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1120 AM EDT WED APR 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0713 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NE SABINA 39.53N 83.59W
04/29/2014 M80.00 MPH CLINTON OH PUBLIC
MEASURED ON HOME WEATHER STATION. TREE AND LIMBS DOWNED.
GREENHOUSE DAMAGED.
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 NE SABINA 39.53N 83.56W
04/29/2014 FAYETTE OH PUBLIC
BARN DESTROYED ON MIAMI TRACE RD.
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SNYDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1217 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1203 PM FLOOD 6 NNW SOUTH WEBSTER 38.89N 82.77W
04/30/2014 SCIOTO OH EMERGENCY MNGR
SR-139 CLOSED AT MM 11. TYPICAL HIGH WATER SPOT.
1203 PM FLOOD 4 E SOUTH WEBSTER 38.83N 82.66W
04/30/2014 SCIOTO OH EMERGENCY MNGR
SR-140 CLOSED NEAR EIFORT. TYPICAL HIGH WATER SPOT.
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SNYDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
214 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0155 PM FLOOD SW CARBON HILL 39.50N 82.25W
04/30/2014 HOCKING OH EMERGENCY MNGR
STANDING WATER ACROSS LOW SPOT OF SR-278
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SNYDERPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
224 PM EDT WED APR 30 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0143 PM FLOOD 1 NE BLUE CREEK 38.78N 83.32W
04/30/2014 ADAMS OH DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
BLUE CREEK ROAD CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER CONCERNS
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SNYDERThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported across State Routes 59, 344, and 989 due to heavy rainfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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