Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that advanced into the region.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front that advanced 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 5, 3:36 PM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 436 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front and upper level shortwave will move southeast this evening, crossing the Ohio Valley and bringing another round of thunderstorm activity. The front will settle south of the Ohio River Thursday, eventually dissipating over Kentucky Thursday night. High pressure passing east through the Great Lakes will bring dry conditions for most of the region through Friday night. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING/... Updated the forecast to focus the storm development west of the CWA to cross in to southwest CWA and Cincy metro, with storms over central Ohio maintaining a strong presence with gusty wind but not necessarily severe threat as they track eastward. Large rain shield in northwest CWA will inhibit any future storm development, and the deeper cloud deck overspreading the northwest quarter of CWA and lengthening sun angle for this time of day will both minimize any threat outside of the immediate concern of ongoing storms in central OH and the propagation of storms in to OH/IN/KY confluence. May expand the watch in central OH by a few counties. Prev discussion: A line of convection with a southeastward propagation will develop upstream of the CWA and track through us this evening and overnight. Region is beginning to destabilize with sun peeking through the dissipating stratus deck from earlier showers, and storms are beginning to focus on the developing cold front. This front is hard to discern on a surface plot and seems to be more of a wind shift attm. Significant moisture with 70s+ dewpoints is being pulled into the region from the southwest, along with temperatures topping 80 degrees. This feed will continue and help storms forming along the front to move into the more favorable airmass in the form of clusters and line segments. This rapid development may see these line segments have an initial burst of damaging winds. The evolution of this front beyond this early evening should be a notable decrease in intensity with the loss of daytime heating and convection possibly running over an area that got shaded from downstream blowoff. This would significantly decrease the dynamics that these storms have to work with, but the juicy airmass it is running into will necessitate watching for individually stronger cells that maintain themselves this evening into the early parts of the overnight period. Lows will generally drop to the lower 60s along and north of the I-70 corridor, mid 60s along the Ohio River. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... Any storms lingering in the south early on Thursday should be confined to primarily Kentucky, not have the necessary ingredients for thunder, and be fairly scattered in nature. The cold front will be dissipating as it continues to move south through the day. Skies will clear in the northern half of the CWA with some lingering lower clouds and patchy fog early Thursday morning. Highs will reach to within a few degrees of 80, and dewpoints will be nicely lower in the low to mid 60s with a drying trend on northeast winds through the day. This drying trend will continue, and overnight lows will drop into the lower 60s south of I-70, upper 50s to the north. Some lingering cloud cover over Kentucky may hold a few readings in the mid 60s, but this will primarily be southwest of metro Cincinnati. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Latest guidance suggests a cold front will move south into central Kentucky and then wash out on Friday. This favors a mostly dry forecast for Friday, except perhaps across our far southern counties near the boundary where will continue a low chance for convection. Over the weekend, an upper low will meander across the lower Mississippi Valley to the south of an upper/mid-level ridge over the Upper Midwest. Across the Ohio Valley, with moisture advection occurring, this will mean more clouds and a chance of showers and thunderstorms, particularly on Sunday. Best chance on Saturday appears to be the southwest portion of the CWA, with the entire CWA fair game for convection Sunday. With higher precipitable water values and perhaps slow-moving storms, the risk for heavy rainfall may increase by Sunday. Monday may feature the highest coverage of convection with a good feed of moisture and also a shortwave/cold front moving across the CWA. With high precipitable water values, the risk of heavy rainfall may continue. Behind the front, high pressure will bring drier and less humid air into the CWA Tuesday. If the high quickly weakens/departs and return flow begins to develop Wednesday, there may be a few thunderstorms in the afternoon although confidence is low. Active weather is expected to continue through the extended forecast period, especially from Saturday through Monday. This surface pattern will remain somewhat stable for the following day or so, as a mid-level ridge builds from the southeastern states into the Ohio Valley. While previous GFS/ECMWF agreement on the strength of this ridge was poor, it appears that the previous GFS solution (stronger ridge / drier ILN CWA) has been joined by the ECMWF. This will allow for mostly dry conditions to be maintained through Friday and into Saturday, minus a slight chance of some isolated activity close to the surface boundary in the southwestern CWA on Friday afternoon. With higher confidence in dry conditions for Friday, max temps will be raised slightly -- around 80 into the upper 80s, slightly above climatological norms. The SE-to-NW oriented axis of the mid-level ridge will gradually drift to the northeast on Saturday, which will put the middle Ohio Valley into a pattern favoring moisture advection to begin the weekend. Though precipitation will be favored in the western half of the CWA on Saturday, this will change on Sunday. By Sunday, the closed upper low located near Arkansas will open into a deep wave, gradually moving northeast into the Ohio Valley. As this occurs, both theta-e advection and large- scale ascent will increase over the region, leading to a more widespread development of showers and storms on Sunday and Monday. With this update, PoPs have been kept generally in the 40-60 percent range for now, owing mainly to some slight timing concerns. However, it is starting to appear quite certain that Sunday and Monday will see increased chances for precipitation. Naturally, there are differences in depictions for how fast the wave will move out of the area, but precipitation chances should gradually decrease from west to east on Monday night into Tuesday. The increasing humidity may keep temperatures largely in the upper 70s to around 80, dropping a little further as a cold front moves into the area later Monday and into Tuesday. Weak wind shear is expected through the extended forecast period, which should keep severe threats minimal and disorganized. High precipitable water values and slow-moving storms, however, may suggest some level of flood threat could exist. As of now, this threat looks greatest during the Sunday/Monday time frame, possibly as early as Saturday in the southwestern sections of the CWA. && .AVIATION /21Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... A convective line will cross the CWA and affect the TAF sites with an hour or two of thunderstorms this late day and early evening. MVFR cigs/vsbys with some localized wind shear from outflows will be on the increase, then experience a rapidly diminishing trend in intensity and severity overnight as the front sags south. Ceilings may drop into the IFR category briefly behind these storms, along with some MVFR fog. Otherwise, expect clearing as northeast winds mix things out early Thursday. OUTLOOK...Thunderstorms possible at times Sat and Sun. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...Franks NEAR TERM...Franks SHORT TERM...Franks LONG TERM...BPP AVIATION...Franks
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 406 AM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-061100- 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- 406 AM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 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. Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon and evening, with damaging winds and large hail being the primary severe weather threats. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. A transition to a wetter pattern is forecast for Saturday into Monday. The potential exists for locally heavy rainfall to occur with thunderstorms which will raise flash flood concerns. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
336 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
OHZ035-052000-
Auglaize OH-
336 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL AUGLAIZE COUNTY UNTIL
400 PM EDT...
At 336 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near St. Marys,
moving southeast at 15 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Penny size hail...
Very heavy rain...
Locations impacted include...
Wapakoneta, St. Marys, Cridersville, New Knoxville, Moulton,
Buckland, Uniopolis, Fryburg, Kossuth and St. Johns.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 106 and 117.
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 4064 8400 4048 8401 4048 8432 4056 8444
4066 8435
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 295DEG 12KT 4059 8433
JDRSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
359 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
OHZ026-035-044-052030-
Auglaize OH-Logan OH-Hardin OH-
359 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...
NORTHEASTERN AUGLAIZE AND SOUTHWESTERN HARDIN COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM
EDT...
At 359 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Wapakoneta,
moving east at 30 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 40 mph...
Penny size hail...
Very heavy rain...
Locations impacted include...
Bellefontaine, Wapakoneta, Cridersville, Russells Point, Lakeview,
Waynesfield, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Northwood, Roundhead,
Huntsville, Uniopolis, Fryburg, St. Johns, New Hampshire and
Lewistown.
This includes I-75 in Ohio between mile markers 108 and 111, and
between mile markers 114 and 117.
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 4064 8411 4064 8400 4063 8365 4038 8373
4046 8400 4048 8401 4048 8407 4052 8419
4065 8414 4065 8411
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 282DEG 25KT 4055 8408
JDRSpecial Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 428 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 OHZ044-045-052-054-052100- Champaign OH-Logan OH-Madison OH-Union OH- 428 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN CHAMPAIGN AND SOUTHEASTERN LOGAN COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHWESTERN MADISON AND SOUTHWESTERN UNION COUNTIES IN CENTRAL OHIO UNTIL 500 PM EDT... At 427 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near North Lewisburg, moving southeast at 20 mph. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... Winds to 45 mph... Penny size hail... Very heavy rain... Locations impacted include... Marysville, Mechanicsburg, North Lewisburg, Milford Center, Woodstock, Cable, Mingo, Pottersburg, Kennard and Rosedale. 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 4014 8373 4030 8364 4024 8336 4003 8347 TIME...MOT...LOC 2027Z 292DEG 15KT 4019 8360 JDR
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Wilmington OH 430 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 OHZ044-052100- Logan OH- 430 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM EDT... At 430 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Russells Point, moving southeast at 20 mph. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE... Winds to 45 mph... Penny size hail... Very heavy rain... Locations impacted include... Bellefontaine, Russells Point, Lakeview, Belle Center, Chippewa Park, Northwood, Rushsylvania, Huntsville, Mcmorran, Bloom Center, Big Springs and Lewistown. 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 4042 8400 4053 8389 4050 8353 4026 8381 TIME...MOT...LOC 2030Z 303DEG 19KT 4046 8391 JDR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
534 PM EDT WED JUN 5 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0522 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S CONNERSVILLE 39.58N 85.14W
06/05/2019 FAYETTE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIRES DOWN
&&
ANOVAKSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Wilmington OH
540 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
OHZ056-052215-
Licking OH-
540 PM EDT Wed Jun 5 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN LICKING COUNTY
UNTIL 615 PM EDT...
At 539 PM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm near Utica,
moving southeast at 30 mph.
STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE...
Winds to 45 mph...
One half inch diameter hail...
Very heavy rain...
Locations impacted include...
Utica, Hanover, St. Louisville, US Route 62 at State Route 661,
Fallsburg, Purity and Toboso.
Water will pond on roads and may quickly fill roadside ditches and
small streams.
Residents in these areas should remain alert. If this storm becomes
stronger, then a warning may be needed.
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 4004 8219 4022 8254 4027 8251 4027 8248
4025 8248 4024 8219
TIME...MOT...LOC 2139Z 298DEG 25KT 4026 8240
FranksThe Cleveland radar (KCLE), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:57 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Multiple trees were knocked down.
Minor damage was reported to a barn and outbuilding. A few trees were knocked down on Camp Ohio Road.
Hail the size of quarters was reported in Delhi.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, June 2019
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: 823567, 823568, 823569.