Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon as low pressure moved across the area. One of these storms became severe with damaging winds being the main threat.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon as low pressure moved across the area. One of these storms became severe with damaging winds being the main threat.
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 7, 3:41 PM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 441 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 .SYNOPSIS... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES IN THE AREA THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE WILL ALLOW FOR DRY CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING FROM AROUND KCVG TO KDAY BEFORE MOVING FURTHER TO THE NE. NW OF THIS AREA STEADIER RAINFALL WILL BE PRESENT THIS EVENING. SE OF THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. INSTABILITY AND CAPE ARE LIMITED ACROSS THE AREA HOWEVER THERE IS DECENT SHEAR. HI RES MODELS HAVE STORMS EXITING THE AREA BY SUNSET. THERE WILL THEN BE A SHORT LULL OR DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS SE PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR A BRIEF PERIOD THIS EVENING. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING THROUGH THE AREA WILL BRING ADDITIONAL RAIN SHOWERS TO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO PORTIONS OF THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF BY THE END OF THE NEAR TERM. WENT CLOSE TO GUIDANCE FOR LOW TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WITH LOWS IN THE UPPER 30S TO MIDDLE 40S. WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE. A FEW LOCATIONS ACROSS SE PORTIONS OF THE FA MAY SEE HIGHER GUSTS UPWARDS OF 40 MPH. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE AREA ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY EVENING WILL BRING ADDITIONAL SHOWERS TO THE FA. THERE IS SOME LIMITED INSTABILITY AND THEREFORE HAVE AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MENTION IN THE FORECAST AS WELL. CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION WILL LIMIT TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S. CLOUD COVER WILL DECREASE OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. WITH COOLER AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA AND THE DECREASE IN CLOUD COVER TEMPERATURES WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE 30S. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE AREA. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS BETWEEN A RETREATING HIGH AND APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL ALLOW FOR TEMPERATURES TO WARM ABOVE NORMAL. FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO PUSH INTO THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT BUT SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD SOUTH ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MODELS ARE SHOWING SOME DISCREPANCIES ON HOW FAR SOUTH THE BOUNDARY MOVES BEFORE STALLING ON FRIDAY. THIS IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE THERE IS BROAD AGREEMENT THAT THERE WILL BE A WAVE MOVING ALONG THE STALLED FRONT LATE FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT WHICH WILL BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION. HAVE LEANED TOWARDS 12Z GFS/CMC WHICH WOULD RESULT IN WETTER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA COMPARED TO 12Z ECMWF. FRONT WILL LIFT BACK NORTH ON SATURDAY WHICH WILL SET THE REGION UP FOR A WARM WEEKEND. THERE CONTINUES TO BE DIFFERENCES IN THE STRENGTH OF THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM AND THUS TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH THE ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT. A FASTER SOLUTION WOULD BRING A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON. HAVE BROAD BRUSHED POPS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY TO ACCOUNT FOR UNCERTAINTY. && .AVIATION /20Z MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THUNDER IS MAINLY POSSIBLE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 71 THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A MIX OF MVFR/IFR CIGS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING WITH MVFR VSBYS LIKELY DURING HEAVIER RAINFALL. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL SHIFT EAST OF THE TERMINALS THIS EVENING AS THE CENTER OF LOW PRESSURE PASSES ACROSS THE AREA. VARIABLE WINDS IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOW WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AND BECOME GUSTY LATE THIS EVENING AS THE LOW MOVES NORTHEAST OF THE TERMINALS. MVFR CIGS ARE EXPECTED ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS LOW THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD WITH INCREASING WINDS GUSTING UP TO 30 KT EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. THESE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE TO AROUND 10 KT BY SUNRISE AS THE LOW EXITS THE REGION. SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW. MVFR CLOUD COVER IS EXPECTED TO LIFT RESULTING IN VFR CIGS BY LATE TUESDAY MORNING. OUTLOOK...NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...NOVAK NEAR TERM...NOVAK SHORT TERM...NOVAK LONG TERM... AVIATION...LATTO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 414 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ045-046-053>056-061>065-070>074- 077>082-088-082015- FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE- KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- UNION OH-DELAWARE-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-MONTGOMERY- GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS- HOCKING-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 414 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. IN ADDITION SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS ALTHOUGH ISOLATED TORNADOES AND LARGE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051-052-060-082015- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-PREBLE- 414 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THE CHANCE FOR ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION THIS EVENING. RAIN MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WHICH COULD LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 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 401 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 OHZ063-073-080-072030- FAYETTE OH-ROSS OH-HIGHLAND OH- 401 PM EDT MON APR 7 2014 ...A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT HIGHLAND...WESTERN ROSS AND SOUTHERN FAYETTE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM EDT... AT 400 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW MARKET... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 70 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 30 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... VERY HEAVY RAIN... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...HILLSBORO...LEESBURG AND GREENFIELD. ALSO...BERRYSVILLE...HIGHLAND COUNTY AIRPORT...MARSHALL...ROCKY FORK LAKE...SAMANTHA...RAINSBORO...PAINT CREEK STATE PARK...EAST MONROE... NEW MARTINSBURG AND SOUTH SALEM ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 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 3951 8340 3933 8315 3907 8363 3918 8375
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Roof damage occurred to three barns and one tree was downed due to thunderstorm winds.
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