Thunderstorms moved across the area during the late afternoon and evening. Some of these storms were capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moved across the area during the late afternoon and evening. Some of these storms were capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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 May 13, 6:42 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 742 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL WASH OUT OVER CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK FROM SOUTHWEST INDIANA TO NORTH OF LAKE ERIE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING...WITH A STRONGER COLD FRONT CROSSING WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY EARLY THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING/... ISOLATED SHOWERS/TS OVER CENTRAL OHIO AND LOWER SCIOTO VALLEY ARE WANING THIS LATE DAY. LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS APPEAR TO BE MOVING NNE AND WILL AFFECT RICHMOND 2 HRS FROM NOW...AROUND 9-9:30 AND MOVE TOWARDS GRAND LAKE ST MARYS BY ABOUT 10 THIS EVENING. THAT IS IF THEY HOLD TOGETHER. SETTING SUN WILL REALLY LIMIT ANY OF THESE STORMS FROM STRENGTHENING AND MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY DIE OUT BEFORE AFFECTING MUCH OF THE CWA. W TO NW WINDS IN INDIANA AND S TO SW WINDS OVER OH AND KY WILL KEEP A CONVERGENT AREA W OF CINCY AND SW OF RICHMOND FAIRLY PRONE FOR SHOWERS AND TS TONIGHT...INCREASING TOWARDS DAYBREAK. STORM CHANCE WILL RAMP BACK UP TOWARDS DAYBREAK OVER THE REGION AS THE WARM AIR STARTS POOLING OVER INDIANA AND GRADIENT TIGHTENS UP WITH THE DEVELOPING SURFACE LOW. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY/... SWODY2 PRODUCT WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE STORMS IS QUITE TELLING IN THE OVERALL EXPECTATION OF SEVERE CONVECTION TOMORROW. AN INITIAL SURFACE WAVE BEHIND THE WARM FRONT WILL TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH OHIO LATE IN THE DAY. DEPENDING ON IF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRECEDE THIS FEATURE...AND IF CLOUD COVER HAMPERS TEMPERATURE RISES...THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS IS HIGHER THAN AVERAGE. THE LOW ITSELF MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT AT THE SURFACE AND IS BEST SEEN ON THE FINER RESOLUTION NAM AND AT LEAST IMPLIED BY THE GFS AND EUROPEAN. THE CIRCULATION IN THE WARM FRONTAL PROCESSES AND A NICELY CURVED HODOGRAPH IN THE AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY CAUSE SOME STORMS THAT ARE ONGOING OR DEVELOPING TOMORROW TO BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE CORES ALOFT...CONTAINING HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND STRONG WINDS AS THEY COLLAPSE. WITH THE LOWER AND MID LEVEL WINDS...ISOLATED TORNADIC ACTIVITY IN SUPERCELLULAR STORMS IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION EITHER. AFTER INITIAL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER MOVES THROUGH THE REGION WITH DAYTIME HEATING PLAYING A LARGE PART...THE ACTUAL COLD FRONT WILL BE A FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS AS IT CROSSES LATER OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. A SIGNIFICANT DRYING IN THE WAKE OF THIS FRONT WILL BE FOUND ALONG WITH STRONG H7 HEIGHT FALLS BY 0Z FRI. TEMPERATURES WILL BE A LITTLE MUTED WEDNESDAY WITH CLOUD COVER AND SHOWER ACTIVITY. HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 60S IN THE NORTHWEST TO LOWER 80S IN THE SOUTHEAST. IF CLOUD COVER CAN BREAK OUT...READINGS WILL BE A GOOD 5 DEG HIGHER ACROSS THE BOARD. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE PLEASANT IN THE 50S FOR MUCH OF THE AREA AND HIGHS ON THURSDAY WILL STRUGGLE TO TOP 60 IN THE NORTHWEST AND NOT PUSH TO 70 IN THE SOUTHEAST. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL ROTATE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION THROUGH THE WEEKEND AS A BROADER MID/UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHIFTS EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN CONUS. THIS WILL KEEP A SEASONABLY COOLER AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH AT LEAST THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF SHORT WAVES WILL ROTATE AROUND THE UPPER LOW...BRINGING OCCASIONAL CHANCES OF PCPN FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FIRST SHORT WAVE WILL PIVOT UP ACROSS OUR AREA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH PERHAPS A WEAKER ONE AFFECTING OUR AREA DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. WITH THE COOLER AIR MASS IN PLACE...WOULD EXPECT A DIURNAL INFLUENCE WITH THE SHOWER ACTIVITY AND WILL TRY TO HINT AT THIS IN THE GRIDS FOR BOTH FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY AFTERNOON. INCREASING LOW LEVEL LAPSE RATES DURING THE DAY WILL RESULT IN SOME WEAK INSTABILITIES SO TOUGH TO RULE OUT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...BUT THINK CHANCE IS LOW ENOUGH TO KEEP MENTION OUT OF FORECAST AT THIS POINT. WILL TREND TEMPERATURES ON THE COOLER SIDE WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S BOTH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. UPPER LEVEL RIDGING WILL PROGRESSES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...LEADING TO GRADUAL HEIGHT RISES ACROSS OUR AREA. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A SLOW WARM UP EACH DAY...WITH TEMPERATURES CLIMBING BACK UP CLOSER TO NORMAL BY TUESDAY. AS THE RIDGE WORKS EAST...WE WILL GET INTO A PERIOD OF NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT. THIS MAY EVENTUALLY LEAD TO SOME PCPN CHANCES...BUT WITH THE MODELS NOT REALLY SHOWING MUCH IN THE WAY OF SHORT WAVE ENERGY...WILL MAINTAIN A DRY FORECAST FOR THE TIME BEING. && .AVIATION /00Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WEAKENING REMAINS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS INDIANA AND KENTUCKY WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE WESTERN TERMINALS KDAY/KLUK/KCVG LATE THIS EVENING OR EARLY MORNING WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY MORNING AHEAD OF DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE TO OUR SOUTHWEST. THIS PRECIPITATION WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE TERMINALS JUST AFTER SUNRISE WITH CIGS LOWERING TO AROUND 2 TO 3 KFT. MVFR VSBYS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP LATE IN THE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS. MVFR CIGS AROUND 2 TO 3 KFT ARE EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MVFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...FRANKS NEAR TERM...FRANKS SHORT TERM...FRANKS LONG TERM...JGL AVIATION...LATTO
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-140900- 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- 500 AM EDT TUE MAY 13 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. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO FORM ON WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY ALONG A COLD FRONT IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF INCREASED INSTABILITY AND WIND SHEAR. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS... WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WITH SOILS MOIST FROM RECENT RAINFALL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS MAY RESULT IN FLOODING PROBLEMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
844 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
INZ066-073-140115-
FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY IN-
844 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN RIPLEY AND WESTERN
FRANKLIN COUNTIES THROUGH 915 PM EDT...
AT 842 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH
OF NAPOLEON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 45 MPH...
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...BATESVILLE AND
OLDENBURG.
ALSO...BALLSTOWN...HUNTERSVILLE...HAMBURG...BUENA VISTA...PEPPERTOWN
AND METAMORA ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM.
LAT...LON 3920 8543 3928 8530 3946 8530 3949 8509
3932 8505 3914 8545
ASLSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 INZ050-059-OHZ060-140200- UNION IN-WAYNE IN-PREBLE OH- 914 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PREBLE...SOUTHEASTERN WAYNE AND NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM EDT... AT 911 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR CLIFTON... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...RICHMOND...NEW PARIS AND EATON. ALSO...KITCHEL...WITTS STATION...BOSTON...RICHMOND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT...WEST FLORENCE...SUGAR VALLEY...LAKE LAKENGREN...NEW HOPE... OKLAHOMA AND WEST MANCHESTER ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3992 8457 3970 8453 3964 8496 3981 8498 ASL
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 944 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 OHZ042-051-060-061-140215- DARKE OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-PREBLE OH- 944 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN PREBLE... NORTHWESTERN MONTGOMERY...SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI AND SOUTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM EDT... AT 940 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR INTERSTATE 70 AT US ROUTE 127...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY BE AFFECTED INCLUDE...LEWISBURG AND WEST MILTON. ALSO...WEST MANCHESTER...CASTINE...ITHACA...PYRMONT...GORDON... VERONA...BROOKVILLE...PITSBURG...PHILLIPSBURG AND CLAYTON ARE NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 4006 8434 3984 8428 3975 8467 3990 8473 ASL
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
957 PM EDT TUE MAY 13 2014
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..REMARKS..
0934 PM TSTM WND GST EATON 39.75N 84.63W
05/13/2014 M54 MPH PREBLE OH BROADCAST MEDIA
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SNYDERThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 75 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:04 UTC.
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed, a barn door was destroyed, siding was damaged, and a mailbox was blown over due to thunderstorm winds.
Power poles were knocked down on Clark Road due to thunderstorm winds.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 2014
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: 517844, 517840, 517841, 518421, 517833, 517835, 517956, 517958, 520661, 517957.