A line of showers, just ahead of an advancing cold front brought gusty winds to the region.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
A line of showers, just ahead of an advancing cold front brought gusty winds to the region.
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 Dec 14, 6:29 AM EST, 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 629 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 .SYNOPSIS... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING PUSHING A BAND OF SHOWERS WITH IT. SOME ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...BEFORE THEY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. HIGH PRESSURE AND A DRY AIRMASS ARE EXPECTED FOR TUESDAY AND MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... A BAND OF SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH A CDFNT WILL BE APPROACHING THE FA AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD. BOTH WILL PUSH ACROSS THE FA DURING THE MORNING HOURS. WITH STRONG LOW LEVEL JET...COULD SEE SOME GUSTS TO 30-35 KNOTS IN THE SHOWERS AND FRONTAL PASSAGE. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS WRAP AROUND PCPN WORKS INTO THE AREA ASSOCIATED WITH CAA ALOFT. THE NW COUNTIES WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE TO SEE THIS PCPN. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR STEADY IN THE WEST TODAY AROUND 60. THE ERN COUNTIES COULD RISE INTO THE LOWER 60S LATE THIS MORNING...BEFORE THE FRONT ARRIVES. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... LINGERED A CHANCE OF WRAP AROUND PCPN INTO THE EVENING HOURS AS THE H8 COLD POOL WORKS ACROSS THE REGION. LOW LEVEL CLOUDS SHOULD LINGER FOR THE PERIOD. BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE ON TUESDAY WILL HELP SCOUR OUT THE CLOUDS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM KICKS OUT OF THE ROCKIES INTO THE PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. ITS AFFECTS ARENT FORECAST TO REACH THE FA UNTIL WEDNESDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES FOR THE PERIOD WILL STILL BE MILD FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR. THE CLOUD COVER TONIGHT WILL KEEP LOWS IN THE MID 40S. HIGHS ON TUESDAY WILL CLIMB BACK TO 50-55 DEGREES. MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES TUESDAY NIGHT WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO FALL INTO THE UPPER 30S TO LOWER 40S. SOUTHERLY FLOW ON WEDNESDAY WILL PUSH TEMPERATURES BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER 60S. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY/... MID LEVEL LOW TO EJECT NE FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ASSOCIATED SFC TO SWEEP EAST THRU ILN/S FA WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FORCING IS WEAK WITH THIS FRONT AND THEREFORE WILL KEEP POPS IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY. HAVE LEANED TOWARD SLOWER ECMWF SPREADING CHC POPS ACRS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE UPPER LEVEL PATTERN TO UNDERGO A CHANGE WITH BROAD LONG WAVE TROF DEVELOPING OVER THE NATIONS MID SECTION BY THE END OF THE WEEK. IN STRONG CAA PATTERN TEMPERATURES TO FALL BACK TO NEAR NORMAL THURSDAY WITH HIGHS FROM NEAR 40 NW TO THE LOWER 50S SE. LONG WAVE UPPER LEVEL TROF TO TRANSLATE EAST THRU THE EASTERN CONUS LATE IN THE WEEK INTO NEXT WEEKEND. EXPECT MAINLY DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS ALTHOUGH A FEW FLURRIES OR A SNOW SHOWER CAN NOT BE RULED OUT FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE NORTH. IN STG CAA EXPECT TEMPERATURES A LITTLE BELOW NORMAL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HIGHS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE BETWEEN 35 AND 40 DEGREES. SOME MODERATION TO TEMPERATURES TO OCCUR SUNDAY AS SOUTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPS ON THE BACK SIDE OF RETREATING SFC HIGH PRESSURE. EXPECT HIGHS TO RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S NORTH TO THE MID 40S SOUTH. && .AVIATION /12Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... FRONT IS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR THIS MORNING AND WILL PASS THROUGH DAY AND ILN BY THE 12Z ISSUANCE OF TAFS AND AT CMH/LCK BY 13Z. WINDS EVEN AHEAD OF IT ARE SHOWING GUSTS TO 35KT AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO DURING THE EARLY PART OF THE DAY. SHOWERS WILL PREVAIL FOR A FEW HOURS THROUGH LATE MORNING AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDELY SCATTERED IN NATURE BY THE AFTERNOON. THESE SHOWERS WILL BE REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS IN THE POST-FRONTAL ATMOSPHERE...BUT THIS IS MOST LIKELY AT KDAY AND KCMH/LCK. REMOVED THE VCSH FROM TAFS BY 2Z IN THE SOUTH AND 5Z AT DAY...LEAVING THEM IN AT CMH INSTEAD OF ADDING A LINE TO JUST REMOVE THE SHOWERS LATER OVERNIGHT WITH THE SAME SIGNIFICANT WINDS AND MVFR CIGS AROUND 2KFT. MVFR CIGS WILL BE FOUND BEHIND THE FRONT AND PERSIST THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. UPSTREAM OBSERVATIONS IN THE RAIN APPEAR TO HAVE SOME HIGHER CLOUD BASES VERSUS THE STRATOCU EXPECTED BEHIND THE AREA OF RAIN AND SHOWERS. OUTLOOK...MVFR CIGS LIKELY MON NIGHT INTO TUES. MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS POSSIBLE WED INTO WED NIGHT. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO/BPP/SITES NEAR TERM...SITES SHORT TERM...SITES LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...FRANKS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 521 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-151030- WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION-FRANKLIN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND- CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN- ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY- GREENE-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING- HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 521 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...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. 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 525 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>091-094-095-141130- WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION-FRANKLIN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND- CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-OWEN-GRANT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...BATESVILLE...MILAN...VERSAILLES...OSGOOD...BRIGHT... LAWRENCEBURG...HIDDEN VALLEY...GREENDALE...AURORA...DILLSBORO... RISING SUN...PATRIOT...CARROLLTON...VEVAY...WARSAW...FLORENCE... BURLINGTON...OAKBROOK...OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...CRITTENDEN... DRY RIDGE 525 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM RICHMOND TO OXFORD TO WILLIAMSTOWN BY 6 AM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WHEN THE FRONT CROSSES...AS WELL AS A PERIOD OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. KYZ092-093-096>098-OHZ034-035-042-043-051-060-061-070-071-077-078- 141130- KENTON-CAMPBELL-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE- SHELBY-MIAMI-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-BUTLER-WARREN-HAMILTON-CLERMONT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COVINGTON...ERLANGER...INDEPENDENCE... NEWPORT...FORT THOMAS...ALEXANDRIA...HIGHLAND HEIGHTS... BELLEVUE...FALMOUTH...BUTLER...AUGUSTA...BROOKSVILLE... MOUNT OLIVET...CELINA...COLDWATER...WAPAKONETA...ST. MARYS... NEW BREMEN...MINSTER...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...TROY...PIQUA... TIPP CITY...EATON...CAMDEN...DAYTON...KETTERING...HAMILTON... MIDDLETOWN...FAIRFIELD...OXFORD...MASON...LEBANON...LANDEN... SPRINGBORO...FRANKLIN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...SUMMERSIDE... MOUNT CARMEL...MOUNT REPOSE...WITHAMSVILLE...MULBERRY... DAY HEIGHTS 525 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM GRAND LAKE ST MARYS TO DAYTON TO BLANCHESTER TO GEORGETOWN AND MT OLIVET BY 7 AM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH WHEN THE FRONT CROSSES...AS WELL AS A PERIOD OF BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 636 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 KYZ099-100-OHZ026-044-045-052>054-062-063-072-079>081-141315- MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-LOGAN-UNION-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-GREENE- FAYETTE-CLINTON-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...ADA... BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON... JEFFERSON...PLAIN CITY...BEAVERCREEK...FAIRBORN...XENIA... JEFFERSONVILLE...BLOOMINGBURG...WILMINGTON...BLANCHESTER... GEORGETOWN...MOUNT ORAB...RIPLEY...ABERDEEN...HILLSBORO... GREENFIELD...WEST UNION...MANCHESTER...PEEBLES...SEAMAN... WINCHESTER 636 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELLEFONTAINE TO SPRINGFIELD TO HILLSBORO...RIPLEY AND LEWISBURG BY 8 AM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND A SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST WHEN THE FRONT CROSSES...FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL. OHZ046-055-056-064-065-073-074-082-088-141315- DELAWARE-FRANKLIN-LICKING-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-PIKE- SCIOTO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DELAWARE...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... CIRCLEVILLE...LANCASTER...PICKERINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN... PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH...WHEELERSBURG 636 AM EST MON DEC 14 2015 A COLD FRONT IS ENTERING THE REGION THIS MORNING AND WILL BE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING ROUGHLY ALONG THE SCIOTO RIVER BY 830 AM. EXPECT GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH AND A SHIFT TO THE SOUTHWEST WHEN THE FRONT CROSSES...FOLLOWED BY PERIODS OF MODERATE RAINFALL.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Carillon Tree of Light was damaged, as strands of lights on guy wires were knocked down to the ground.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, December 2015
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: 606019.