An upper level low pressure center tracked northeast into the region. Warm air aloft and cold air at the surface combined with the low to create a significant freezing rain event over much of 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.
An upper level low pressure center tracked northeast into the region. Warm air aloft and cold air at the surface combined with the low to create a significant freezing rain event over much of 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 Nov 14, 6:55 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 356 AM EST Wed Nov 14 2018 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-150900- 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- 356 AM EST Wed Nov 14 2018 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON EST THURSDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and 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...Thursday through Tuesday. Please listen to NOAA Weather Radio or go to weather.gov on the Internet for more information about the following hazards. Winter Weather Advisory. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 ice storm. Local standard time, as filed.
The CVG airport measured over a quarter inch of ice. Large branches were downed across the county. The Boone County Arboretum had significant damage to half of their 30,000 trees and shrubs.
A quarter inch of ice was measured in both Latonia Lakes and in Kenton Vale.
Up to 4500 people were without power due to the ice storm.
Significant ice accumulations caused numerous trees and power lines to come down.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to the ice accumulation. The cooperative observer northwest of Glencoe measured 0.15 of ice accrual.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to the ice accumulation.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to the ice accumulation.
Numerous trees and power lines were downed due to the ice accumulation.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, November 2018
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: 793641, 793655, 793657, 793661, 793662, 793663, 793664, 793665.