Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front pushing east from Indiana.
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Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front pushing east from Indiana.
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 5, 10:00 AM EST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1100 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 .SYNOPSIS... An upper level trough will swing across the Ohio Valley today, pushing a cold front with it. On Monday, more upper level energy will rotate down from the Great Lakes. This will keep a chance for showers and thunderstorms in the forecast each day. Drier air is expected for Wednesday when a large area of high pressure is forecast to enter the Ohio Valley from the Northwest. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... Mid level s/w evident on water vapor imgry pivoting around low thru the srn Great Lakes. Widespread showers associated with deep moisture are exiting ILN/s fa. Question today revolves around chances for additional thunderstorm development. Latest sfc analysis shows cold front moving acrs central Indiana. Visible satl imgry shows clearing acrs Eastern Indiana and western Ohio... which will allow for a period of sunshine. This sunshine will lead to marginal instby. Starting to see convection develop across northern Indiana invof the front. Expect to see continued development as the front swings east thru ILN/s fa. The best coverage will occur acrs west central Ohio where best instby is expected. Can not rule out marginal/severe wind with isold stronger storms this afternoon. Previous discussion... Scattered showers continue to pop up early this morning ahead of a H5 trof which is swinging e up the Ohio Valley. Latest indication is that this activity will stay across the srn portions of the fa and should be confined to the southeast counties by 12Z. After a brief lull in the pcpn after sunrise, scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late this morning into the afternoon, as a cdfnt pushes into the area. There is not a large agreement from the models on the location and timing of the convection today, so kept the PoPs in the chance category. CAPE again will be between 1-2k J/kg, so an isolated strong storm can't be ruled out. Highs should be able to push in the mid to upper 70s across the region today. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY/... After the passage of the H5 trof today, the upper flow becomes zonal tonight in response to a large H5 low cutting off north of the Great Lakes. This should leave the fa between weather makers. Lows tonight should be in the upper 50s to around 60. On Monday however, a S/W rotates around the low and down toward the region. This will coincide with a sfc trof dropping down into the fa. Another round of scattered convection is expected Monday afternoon and evening as a result. Highs Monday should be a few degrees warmer with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. The upper level energy wont cross the region until Tuesday, so more scattered showers are possible. Instability looks lower on Tuesday, so went with just showers. Highs on Tuesday should be much cooler, only reaching 70-75. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY/... Northwest flow regime to develop in the wake of this s/w with surface high pressure building the area by Thursday morning. This high will provide dry weather and cooler temperatures. The aforementioned mean mid level ridge builds east into the nations mid section by next weekend. In waa regime...a chance of thunderstorms will develop Friday. This chance will continue into Saturday as the slow moving front lifts into the region. && .AVIATION /14Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Models continue to show a diminishing threat for showers today after this mornings shot of rain that is expected to be past KCMH/KLCK by taf issuance time. If a showers develop today the favored area runs from north of Dayton to Columbus in the late day. Cigs today will be around 4kft and drop to MVFR category when and if showers occur. West winds will see some gusts to 20kt or so in the afternoon as the upper level trough passes by. In the wake of the upper trough and after daytime heating wanes, skies will clear overnight. The ongoing showers se of I-71 appear to be the leading edge of the upper level trough pushing through and are not handled well at all by any of the models, leading to a lower confidence in how today is going to play out. OUTLOOK...MVFR ceilings are possible in showers on Monday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...Coniglio/Sites NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...Sites LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...Franks
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 503 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-060915- 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- 503 AM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST AGAIN ON MONDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS AGAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1237 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 OHZ035-042>044-051-052-051700- LOGAN OH-AUGLAIZE OH-MIAMI OH-DARKE OH-SHELBY OH-CHAMPAIGN OH- 1237 PM EDT SUN JUN 5 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LOGAN...CENTRAL AUGLAIZE... NORTHERN MIAMI...NORTHEASTERN DARKE...SHELBY AND NORTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL 100 PM EDT... AT 1236 PM EDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FORT LORAMIE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... WINDS TO 40 MPH... ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL... FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING... VERY HEAVY RAIN... LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SIDNEY...PIQUA...BELLEFONTAINE...MINSTER...VERSAILLES...WEST LIBERTY... ANNA...FORT LORAMIE...JACKSON CENTER...RUSSELLS POINT...DE GRAFF... BOTKINS...LAKEVIEW...BELLE CENTER...HARDIN...NORTHWOOD...QUINCY...RUSSIA... RUSHSYLVANIA AND HUNTSVILLE. THIS INCLUDES I-75 IN OHIO BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 109. DO NOT STAY IN THE OPEN NOR SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES WHEN LIGHTNING THREATENS. MOVE INDOORS WHEN A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. 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 4052 8363 4013 8376 4020 8461 4054 8417 TIME...MOT...LOC 1636Z 269DEG 44KT 4031 8434 CONIGLIO
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:51 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree was reported down at Custenborder Field Park.
A large tree was knocked down across North Old State Road near Kilbourne.
An evergreen tree was knocked down on Big Walnut Road near Genoa.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2016Every state in 2016This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2016
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