Thunderstorms developed along a weakening frontal boundary in the area. A few of these storms became severe with damaging winds being the primary threat.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms developed along a weakening frontal boundary in the area. A few of these storms became severe with damaging winds being the primary 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 Jun 16, 8:11 AM EST, 3 hours 56 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 911 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 .SYNOPSIS... HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH MUCH OF THE WORK WEEK. A WEAKENING FRONT WILL BRING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS TO THE REGION TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. STORMS WILL REMAIN NORTH OF THE REGION TUESDAY AS THE FRONT LIFTS INTO THE GREAT LAKES. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL RETURN FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AS ANOTHER FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... CONVECTION MAINLY WEST OF OUR AREA WILL GRADUALLY SPREAD EASTWARD TODAY AHEAD OF A WEAK COLD FRONT. RAMPED UP POPS TO LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MIAMI VALLEY WITH A EASTWARD MOVING CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR INDIANAPOLIS THAT IS EXPECTED TO HOLD TOGETHER THROUGH THE LATE MORNING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS AREA OF CONVERGENCE THROUGH THE DAY. .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... MAIN S/W TO TRACK WELL TO OUR NORTH THRU SRN CANADA WITH NRN PORTION OF MID LEVEL RIDGE FLATTENING OUT AS VORT PIVOTS THRU OHIO. ASSOCIATED SFC COLD FRONT TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST AND LOSE ITS IDENTITY. MARGINAL ELEVATED INSTBY WHICH DEVELOPS INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO EARLY THIS MORNING ALONG WITH AN AXIS OF WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE MAY SUPPORT ISOLD/SCTD CONVECTION EARLY. MESOSCALE MODEL SOLNS SHOW WEAKENING CONVECTION MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND FALLING APART. WILL LIMIT POPS TO VERY LOW CHANCE ACRS THE NW EARLY. EXPECT SOME CONVECTIVE RE-DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTN IN THE MODERATELY UNSTBL AIRMASS. BEST CHANCE LOOKS TO OCCUR ACRS CENTRAL OHIO WHERE REMNANT OF THE BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO LAYS OUT E-W. IN THE WARM AIRMASS HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 80S NORTH TO THE UPPER 80S SOUTH. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... MID UPR LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SE U.S. WITH BAND OF WESTERLIES THRU THE GREAT LAKES. WEAKENING BOUNDARY ACRS CENTRAL OH TO LAY OUT E-W AND LOSE ITS IDENTITY. CONVECTION WHICH FIRED UP IN AFTN HEATING WILL BE ONGOING AT EARLY EVENING. LACK OF UPPER SUPPORT AND DIMINISHING INSTBY SHUD ALLOW ONGOING CONVECTION TO WEAKEN AND DISSIPATE QUICKLY THIS EVENING. IN WARM AIRMASS TONIGHTS LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE IN THE MID/UPR 60S. MID LEVEL RIDGE OVER THE SE U.S. TO BUILD A LTL NORTH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY ON TUESDAY WITH A VORT EXPECTED TO TRAVEL AROUND ITS PERIPHERY. NUMERICAL MODEL SOLNS HAVE TRENDED FURTHER NORTH WITH THIS FEATURE. ALTHOUGH AN ISOLD STORM IS PSBL IN HEATING OF THE DAY...WITH LACK OF UPR SUPPORT AND WITH MID LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING IN WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FCST. TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARM TUESDAY WITH 8H TEMPS WARMING TO BETWEEN 19C AND 20 DEG C. HIGHS WILL BE AROUND 90 INTO THE LOWER 90S. ANY ISOLD DIURNALLY DRIVEN STORMS WUD DISSIPATE QUICKLY TUE EVENING. IN HUMID AIRMASS TUESDAY NIGHTS LOWS WILL BE BETWEEN UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. NUMERICAL MODELS SHOWING A S/WV ROUNDING THE MID/UPR LEVEL RIDGE WHICH SHUD OFFER A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTH WED AFTN. HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE WITH HIGHS ON WED IN THE UPPER 80S NORTH TO LOWER 90S SOUTH. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... UPPER RIDGE WILL SAG SOUTH THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL ALLOW WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCES TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. IN ADDITION...A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SAG TOWARDS THE REGION. THIS COMBINATION WILL RESULT IN A CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE PERIOD WITH CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. TIMING OF WHEN THE BETTER CHANCE IS UNCERTAIN AT BEST. A STRONGER UPPER TROUGH IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT LAKES ON SUNDAY WHICH WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT TOWARDS THE AREA. SO THE CHANCE OF STORMS WILL CONTINUE AT THAT TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH HIGHS TRENDING SLIGHTLY COOLER WITH TIME BUT LOWS REMAINING QUITE MILD IN A HUMID AIR MASS. && .AVIATION /13Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FLIGHT CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP TODAY IN A HUMID AIRMASS ALONG A WEAKENING FRONTAL BOUNDARY SUPPORTED BY A MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE TROUGH. KEPT VCSH DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING AND SCATTERED NATURE OF SHOWERS. CEILINGS WILL LOWER TO AROUND 4000 FT WITH SOME OF THE SHOWERS. SOUTHWEST WINDS UP TO 12 KNOTS WILL BECOME LIGHT SOUTH TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE FRONT WHILE CLOUDS SCATTER BEHIND THE DEPARTING SHORT WAVE. CVG WILL SEE CONTINUED VFR AND SOUTHWEST WINDS AROUND 10 KNOTS ON TUESDAY. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...LATTO/AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM... AVIATION...CONIGLIO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 426 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-170830- 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- 426 AM EDT MON JUN 16 2014 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. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:05 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
Several large trees and limbs were downed along Hustead Road, Tecumseh Road, and West Sparrow Road due to thunderstorm winds.
One large tree and several large branches were downed due to thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 520994, 520995, 520996, 520997.