Residual flooding lingered into the morning hours from heavy rain that fell mainly the day before.
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Residual flooding lingered into the morning hours from heavy rain that fell mainly the day before.
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 Feb 28, 8:52 PM EST, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 852 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 .SYNOPSIS... A cold front will sweep across the region tonight. This will bring rain to an end. Drier conditions will return Monday into Tuesday as high pressure builds in. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM MONDAY MORNING/... The final surge of pcpn is moving in across our area from the southwest this evening ahead of an approaching cold front. This should continue to fill in across southern portions of our area through late evening. With some weak instabilities, we are also seeing a few convective elements across southwest portions of our fa. Some locally heavier rainfall will be possible with these, but they do appear to be fairly progressive which should help limit widespread heavier rainfall amounts. Generally expect additional rainfall amounts to be around a half inch or less with perhaps a few locally higher amounts possible. Pcpn will taper off from the west later tonight as the cold front moves through. Very mild temperatures will persist ahead of the front with readings currently in the upper 50s to lower 60s across our area, but they will begin to drop off later tonight as the front moves through. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT/... High pressure will start to build in tomorrow with the center of the high tracking across the area late Monday night. Clouds are forecast to clear during the day. Some gusty winds will still be possible, mainly in the morning with winds becoming light Monday night. Temperatures will fall below normal with highs in the lower to mid 40s and lows in the upper teens to mid 20s. && .LONG TERM /TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... A period of tranquil weather is indicated, with little to no precipitation forecast. Tuesday will have dry weather as surface high pressure moves east. For Tuesday night, a trough of low pressure has trended farther south, so reduced pops below 15 percent threshold for precip. Rest of the long term from Wednesday through Sunday may be free from precip due to extensive surface high pressure forming under a confluent northwesterly upper flow. Cool highs in the low to mid 40s are forecast for Tuesday. High temperatures in the 50s Wednesday are expected to retreat to the upper 30s to mid 40s Thursday through Saturday under falling geopotential heights aloft, and cold advection in the circulation around the surface high. A modest rebound to the upper 40s will be possible Sunday ahead of an upper ridge building to the west. && .AVIATION /02Z MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Area is in a bit of a lull in the pcpn at the moment, but additional showers will be quickly overspreading the area this evening ahead of an approaching cold front. Expect MVFR cigs to persist with some occasional IFR cigs/MVFR vsbys possible with the showers. This activity should shift off to our east through late evening and into the early morning hours. As the front moves through, winds will become more westerly with some gusts in the 20-25 knot range possible. MVFR cigs will persist into Monday morning before clouds clear out toward noon. VFR conditions are then expected through the remainder of the TAF period. OUTLOOK...MVFR ceilings possible Wednesday night into Thursday. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...Flood Watch until 4 AM EST Monday for OHZ081-088. KY...Flood Watch until 4 AM EST Monday for KYZ089-090-094>100. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS... NEAR TERM...JGL SHORT TERM... LONG TERM...Coniglio AVIATION...JGL
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 601 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>072-077-012315- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Dearborn-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-Hamilton- 601 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ073-074-078>080-082-012315- Ohio-Switzerland-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Ross-Hocking-Clermont-Brown- Highland-Pike- 601 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northern Kentucky, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio and Southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Lingering high water from earlier heavy rainfall will continue in low-lying and flood prone areas through tonight. Additional light rain of up to one half of an inch is expected through tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Lingering high water from earlier heavy rainfall will continue in low-lying and flood prone areas through early Monday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. KYZ089-090-094>100-OHZ081-088-012315- Carroll-Gallatin-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis- Adams-Scioto- 601 PM EST Sun Feb 28 2021 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM EST MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Northeast Kentucky, Northern Kentucky and South Central 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. Flood Watch. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Lingering high water from earlier heavy rainfall will continue in low-lying and flood prone areas through early Monday morning. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1153 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1150 PM FLOOD 3 WSW SPARTA 38.65N 84.96W
02/28/2021 CARROLL KY 911 CALL CENTER
ONGOING WATER RESCUES WITH CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON
HIGHWAY 36 EAST ALONG EAGLE CREEK.
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NMCGINNIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1154 PM EST SUN FEB 28 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1153 PM FLOOD 2 WSW SPARTA 38.66N 84.94W
02/28/2021 CARROLL KY 911 CALL CENTER
ONGOING WATER RESCUES WITH CARS STUCK IN FLOOD WATERS ON
SPARTA SANDERS RD ALONG EAGLE CREEK IN SANDERS, KY.
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NMCGINNIThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
High water was reported on roads in the Sanders area.
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