An upper level atmospheric disturbance brought some accumulating snow to the region on Wednesday, January 20th.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
An upper level atmospheric disturbance brought some accumulating snow to the region on Wednesday, January 20th.
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 Jan 20, 12:56 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
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</html>HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 440 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 OHZ026-034-035-043-044-201200- HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-SHELBY-LOGAN- 440 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR HAZARDOUS WEATHER LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INZ050-058-059-OHZ042-045-046-051>056-060>065-073-074-082-201200- WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION-DARKE-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON- FRANKLIN-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS- HOCKING-PIKE- 440 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL ARRIVE FOR THE MORNING COMMUTE WHICH MAY RESULT IN SLICK CONDITIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME. SNOW IS POSSIBLE BUT AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AS DETAILS OF THIS STORM BECOME APPARENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INZ066-073-074-OHZ070>072-077-080-201200- FRANKLIN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-HAMILTON-HIGHLAND- 440 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. HOWEVER...CONFIDENCE IN THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME. SNOW IS POSSIBLE BUT AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AS DETAILS OF THIS STORM BECOME APPARENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ078-079-081-088-201200- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-CLERMONT-BROWN-ADAMS-SCIOTO- 440 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM TO 7 PM EST WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A WINTER STORM TO AFFECT THE OHIO VALLEY THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. THERE IS SOME CONFIDENCE IN THE POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...POSSIBLY SIGNIFICANT. THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM REMAINS SOMEWHAT UNCERTAIN...AND EXACT FORECAST AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THIS TRACK. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AS DETAILS OF THIS STORM BECOME APPARENT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 940 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-073-074-082- 200445- WAYNE-FAYETTE-UNION-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN-LICKING-PREBLE- MONTGOMERY-GREENE-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-ROSS-HOCKING-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... KENTON...ADA...CELINA...COLDWATER...WAPAKONETA...ST. MARYS... NEW BREMEN...MINSTER...GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE... MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE...TROY...PIQUA...TIPP CITY...URBANA... SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...JEFFERSON...PLAIN CITY...COLUMBUS... NEWARK...EATON...CAMDEN...DAYTON...KETTERING...BEAVERCREEK... FAIRBORN...XENIA...JEFFERSONVILLE...BLOOMINGBURG...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...PICKERINGTON...CHILLICOTHE...LOGAN...PIKETON 940 PM EST TUE JAN 19 2016 ...ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY TOMORROW... SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN EARLY TOMORROW MORNING IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...AND THE WHITEWATER AND MIAMI VALLEY REGIONS. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD CENTRAL OHIO BY MID MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE EXPECTED...BEFORE SNOW COMES TO AN END DURING THE EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON. THIS SNOW IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE MORNING COMMUTE. PLEASE LEAVE EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELING TOMORROW. HATZOS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
The Cincinnati International Airport CVG measured 2.4 inches of snow.
A spotter southeast of Williamstown measured 2 inches of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, January 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 615841, 615844.