Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that was dropping southeast into the region.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that was dropping southeast into 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 Jun 20, 8:58 PM EST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 958 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will move across the area tonight and stall out across Kentucky during the day on Tuesday. Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday into Thursday. Severe weather will be possible this evening and then again Wednesday into Wednesday night. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/... A cold front will move through the region tonight. Showers and thunderstorms continue to move across portions of the region. An isolated strong to severe storm will still be possible across primarily west central and southwestern portions of the forecast area. A few additional thunderstorms have developed across northern Indiana. Lingered precipitation chances across the north to account for this additional activity. Made only minor adjustments to temperatures for the overnight hours. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/... Cold front will continue to move south and then stall out across Kentucky. This will keep some showers and thunderstorms across the south during the day on Tuesday before tapering off by Tuesday evening. A lull in the precipitation will occur for most of Tuesday night with some thunderstorm activity beginning to move into extreme southwest portions of the region by late Tuesday night. Temperatures will be slightly cooler on Tuesday with high temperatures in the low to middle 80s. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... An active convective period is expected Wednesday into Thursday. A northwest-southeast oriented warm front will initially stretch from northwest Iowa to southwest Kentucky Wednesday morning. This front will lift northeast through the day, reaching the ILN forecast area by Wednesday evening and becoming more diffuse as it lifts into northeast Ohio Wednesday night. Meanwhile a developing surface low will track east from the Plains into the southern Great Lakes. Northwest flow aloft will bring a ripple of weak H5 shortwaves and PVA through the region, parallel to the warm front, enhancing the synoptic lift during this period. Anomalously high moisture will be in place with PWATs increasing to 1.8 to 2.0 inches by Wednesday evening (2-3 standard deviations above normal). The atmosphere will become very unstable south of the front during the day, with the ILN forecast area progged to be on the northern edge of this instability gradient. In addition, bulk shear will be very impressive for this time of year with 0-6km values around 50-60 knots, supportive for organized storms. Needless to say, the ingredients are coming into place for a potentially significant MCS across the region, with a good chance for it affecting the ILN CWA. This far out, there is lower confidence in timing, storm hazards, and impacted locations. Models continue to show a muddled QPF field and are struggling to some extent with convective feedback from elevated activity to our west Tuesday night. The 20.12Z NAM in particular has shown the greatest run-to-run change, shifting a bit more northeast. Leaned more on the GFS/ECMWF and ensembles for this forecast given their better consistency. Isolated/scattered activity will be possible along the front during the morning, but the best chance for strong to severe storms impacting the ILN CWA will come in the later afternoon and evening timeframe when surface based instability will be highest. All storm hazards (gusty winds, large hail, flash flooding, and perhaps an isolated tornado) will be in play given the instability, impressive shear/hodographs, and frontal boundary in place. Showers and storms will continue Wednesday night into Thursday as a strong 850mb 40-50+ knot LLJ (2-4 standard deviations above normal) develops. Given ~2 inch PWATs, deep warm cloud layers, tall/skinny CAPE, and very strong moisture transport, resultant training of heavy rain over the same areas may lead to flash flooding if multiple cells generate and merge along the boundary Wednesday into Wednesday night. A cold front will push through the southern CWA on Thursday with precip chances tapering off behind it. High pressure at the surface and aloft will provide a dry and mostly sunny period Friday and Saturday. Upper ridge axis will push east on Sunday, with upper trough and cold front bringing the next chance for precip Sunday into Monday. Temperatures will generally remain above normal through the period. && .AVIATION /02Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... A cold front is currently stretched across northern Indiana and northern Ohio. This front will push south across the FA late this evening through the overnight period. -SHRA and TS have developed ahead of the frontal boundary across Indiana and will push S/SE thru western terminals this evening. Still some uncertainty regarding maintenance of this activity as it pushes south given loss of diurnal heating/reduced instby. Nevertheless, do think that western/central parts of the area have best chance of seeing -SHRA and/or TS. Main concern with activity will be brief gusty winds and reduced VSBYs. As front approaches from the north around/after 06z, expect that MVFR CIGs will develop and overspread area. There is some model disagreement in regards to how low the CIGs will be in the 06z-12z time frame, but expect that ample low level moisture should allow for at least MVFR CIGs, with best chance of IFR for eastern terminals of KCMH and KLCK. However, confidence didn't warrant inclusion of IFR CIGs in the TAFs at this time. As front pushes through, a few showers may re-develop behind initial activity and push through central/southern parts of area toward 12z. With waning instability and lack of strong surface convergence, expect that activity will be isolated in coverage. Winds will slowly shift from westerly to northwesterly through the TAF period with passage of front. Gusts of around 20kts are possible Tuesday afternoon. OUTLOOK...Showers and thunderstorms will again be possible Wednesday into Thursday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...Novak NEAR TERM...Novak SHORT TERM...Novak LONG TERM...Kurz AVIATION...KC
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1057 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-064-065-073- 074-077>082-088-211100- 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-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING- HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 1057 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL, BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ060>063-070>072-211100- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE- FAYETTE OH-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON- 1057 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL, BUT AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
759 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
INZ050-058-059-OHZ042-051-060-061-210045-
WAYNE IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-MONTGOMERY OH-MIAMI OH-PREBLE OH-
DARKE OH-
759 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WAYNE...FAYETTE AND
UNION COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...NORTHERN MONTGOMERY...
SOUTHWESTERN MIAMI...PREBLE AND SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTIES IN WEST
CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 845 PM EDT...
AT 759 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR ARCANUM TO 6 MILES WEST OF NEW CASTLE...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAYTON...KETTERING...RICHMOND...TROTWOOD...CONNERSVILLE...
ENGLEWOOD...GREENVILLE...EATON...MORAINE...OAKWOOD...CENTERVILLE...
CAMBRIDGE CITY...LIBERTY...ARCANUM...CAMDEN...LEWISBURG...
HAGERSTOWN...NEW PARIS...WEST ALEXANDRIA AND NEW MADISON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 156.
I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 29.
I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 48 AND 54.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3979 8530 3979 8522 3987 8522 3987 8520
4001 8520 4000 8481 4006 8481 4011 8448
3970 8413 3953 8525 3963 8530
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 315DEG 34KT 4004 8458 3990 8548
KCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
837 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0758 PM TSTM WND DMG 4 W ARCANUM 39.99N 84.62W
06/20/2016 DARKE OH LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORT OF A ROOF BLOWN OFF OF A BARN NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 503 AND HALLANSBURG ARCANUM ROAD.
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
&&SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
845 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
OHZ051-060-061-071-210115-
WARREN OH-MONTGOMERY OH-MIAMI OH-PREBLE OH-
845 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN WARREN...
MONTGOMERY...CENTRAL MIAMI AND EAST CENTRAL PREBLE COUNTIES UNTIL 915
PM EDT...
AT 845 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
ENGLEWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DAYTON...KETTERING...HUBER HEIGHTS...TROY...TROTWOOD...MIAMISBURG...
VANDALIA...ENGLEWOOD...FRANKLIN...TIPP CITY...MORAINE...CARLISLE...
WEST MILTON...NORTHRIDGE...WEST CARROLLTON...WEST ALEXANDRIA...
PLEASANT HILL...WEST CARROLLTON CITY...RIVERSIDE AND CLAYTON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING INTERSTATES...
I-70 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 37.
I-75 IN OHIO NEAR MILE MARKER 38...AND BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 45 AND
77.
TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3992 8447 3992 8443 3999 8443 4008 8438
4011 8403 4004 8404 3954 8428 3971 8458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0045Z 312DEG 25KT 3989 8435
KCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 859 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 INZ058-059-066-210130- FRANKLIN IN-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN- 859 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA...SOUTHERN FAYETTE AND SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 930 PM EDT... AT 859 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR GLENWOOD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CONNERSVILLE...BROOKVILLE...OLDENBURG...GLENWOOD...BLOOMING GROVE... COLUMBIA...METAMORA...BUNKER HILL...LAUREL...NULLTOWN... ANDERSONVILLE...HAMBURG...MOUNDS STATE RECREATION AREA... PEPPERTOWN...ALPINE...EVERTON...BUENA VISTA AND FALMOUTH. THIS INCLUDES I-74 IN INDIANA NEAR MILE MARKER 146. TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. LAT...LON 3972 8530 3948 8490 3931 8528 3933 8530 TIME...MOT...LOC 0059Z 317DEG 29KT 3958 8533 KC
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
955 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
INZ066-073-074-210230-
DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-FRANKLIN IN-
955 PM EDT MON JUN 20 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN DEARBORN...
NORTHEASTERN RIPLEY AND SOUTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM
EDT...
AT 955 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
OLDENBURG...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 50 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...MILAN...OLDENBURG...SUNMAN...ST. LEON...NEW ALSACE...
DOVER...HAMBURG...PEPPERTOWN...HUNTERSVILLE...PENNTOWN...
INTERSTATE 74 AT STATE ROUTE 101...WEISBURG...SAINT PETER...
LAWRENCEVILLE AND BALLSTOWN.
THIS INCLUDES I-74 IN INDIANA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 167.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3927 8530 3936 8530 3945 8514 3929 8487
3917 8497 3910 8520
TIME...MOT...LOC 0155Z 316DEG 25KT 3932 8522
KCSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1236 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
INZ073>075-080-210515-
OHIO IN-SWITZERLAND IN-DEARBORN IN-RIPLEY IN-
1236 AM EDT TUE JUN 21 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT OHIO...NORTHWESTERN
SWITZERLAND...SOUTHERN DEARBORN AND RIPLEY COUNTIES UNTIL 115 AM
EDT...
AT 1236 AM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER OSGOOD...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
WINDS TO 40 MPH...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BATESVILLE...AURORA...VERSAILLES...MILAN...OSGOOD...DILLSBORO...
MOORES HILL...WILMINGTON...PLEASANT...MANCHESTER...FRENCH...
HARTFORD...HOLTON...FAIRVIEW...NAPOLEON...MILLHOUSEN...BEAR BRANCH...
ABERDEEN...PATE AND AVONBURG.
WATER WILL POND ON ROADS AND MAY QUICKLY FILL ROADSIDE DITCHES AND
SMALL STREAMS.
TO REPORT HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS...GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ILN AND SUBMIT YOUR REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA...WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3920 8544 3930 8524 3907 8488 3905 8490
3902 8487 3886 8497 3885 8520 3892 8520
3891 8544
TIME...MOT...LOC 0436Z 317DEG 32KT 3911 8527
KCThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 110 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:44 UTC.
1 flash flood, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flooding was reported on Route 421 south of Osgood, as an estimated 1.5 feet of water was moving rapidly on 421.
Lightning struck a house which caught fire and burnt down.
An 11 year old girl was fatally injured when a healthy tree was downed and fell on a cabin at Camp Livingston. The tree was possibly struck by lightning.
High water was reported in the Friendship area in normal areas that flood.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland | 2016-06-21 | 11 | Female | Permanent Structure | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, June 2016
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: 631858, 631860, 631862, 631859.