Thunderstorms developed through the afternoon hours along a stalled boundary located across the Ohio Valley.
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Thunderstorms developed through the afternoon hours along a stalled boundary located across the Ohio Valley.
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 Jul 26, 10:23 AM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1123 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 .SYNOPSIS... A stalled frontal boundary Will provide the focus for thunderstorm development today through Wednesday. Thunderstorm chances will persist Thursday and Friday when a wave of low pressure is forecast to bring enhanced lift along the boundary. High temperatures in the middle and upper 80s today and Wednesday will fall slightly to the lower to middle 80s by Friday under clouds, precipitation and modest cold advection. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... Area of convection continues to fire across central Indiana north of a stalled sfc boundary. Earlier model runs were suggesting that the front would be farther south and therefore the convection would affect nrn KY more than srn IN and srn OH. It now looks like the front will stay in srn OH, so upped pops across SE IN and srn OH and raised pops in Dayton area into the middle Scioto Valley, while lowering pops a little for nrn KY. Kept previous highs in the 80s. Lower 80s area expected in the Whitewater Valley with temperatures becoming warmer in the Scioto Valley and nrn KY. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... Frontal boundary will be gradually sagging southward through Kentucky tonight through Wednesday. Thunderstorms may still develop in the persistently moist and unstable airmass associated with the front. Best chance for thunderstorms will be along and south of the Ohio River, while northern locations may not see any convective activity. For Thursday, a wave of low pressure is forecast to develop to the west in response to a mid level short wave entering the Mississippi River Valley. This will result in increasing thunderstorm chances by Thursday afternoon, especially in southeast counties where forcing will coincide with peak instability. A few strong thunderstorms may occur in an environment featuring moderate instability and mid level flow. Temperatures rising to the mid and upper 80s Wednesday may slip a few degrees Thursday under clouds, precip and modest cold advection. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... As we head into the weekend and then into early next week, mid level trough and moisture will gradually depart to our east. allowing surface high pressure to build into from the north Sunday into Monday, bringing a return to dry weather. Temperatures will show a downward trend into the weekend due to more clouds and the threat for rain. Highs in the upper 80s to near 90 Wednesday will lower into the lower/mid 80s by the weekend. Nighttime lows will be mainly in the 60s. && .AVIATION /15Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... Surface cold front has stalled out just south of KCVG/KLUK. VFR conditions with A few showers or perhaps a thunderstorm across the srn TAF sites close to the stalled front this morning. Moderate instby develops today acrs far southern Ohio/Nrn KY invof this front. Expect coverage of storms to increase durg the aftn and then diminish this evening with loss of heating. Have included a mention of VCTS at KCVG and KLUK but the possibility exists that convection could reach further north toward KILN. Expect VFR conditions this evening with an increase in clouds. Can not rule out additional precip overnight but for now the majority of model solns are keeping the region dry. Have a mention of mvfr vsby restrictions due to fog formation tonight but increase in clouds should mitigate lower vsbys. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms possible Thursday through Friday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...Coniglio/Sites NEAR TERM...Sites SHORT TERM...Coniglio LONG TERM...BPP AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1128 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 INZ050-058-059-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-074-271530- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE-DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN- UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK-MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING- PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH-PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-HOCKING- 1128 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>073-077>082-088-271530- FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE- KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS- BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HAMILTON-CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS- PIKE-SCIOTO- 1128 AM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE REGION TODAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE WITH WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. ALSO, WITH THE HIGH MOISTURE CONTENT AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS, HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE, WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME LOCAL FLOODING ISSUES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1245 PM EDT TUE JUL 26 2016
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1212 PM FLOOD 5 N VERSAILLES 39.13N 85.27W
07/26/2016 RIPLEY IN EMERGENCY MNGR
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OVER THE ROAD
ALONG W. FAIRGROUNDS RD. EAST OF OSGOOD.
&&The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:19 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were downed along East Bend Road near Green Road.
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