Heavy rains earlier in the week caused the Kentucky River to rise into moderate flood stage.
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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.
Heavy rains earlier in the week caused the Kentucky River to rise into moderate flood stage.
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 Mar 4, 12:37 PM EST, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1237 PM EST Thu Mar 4 2021 .SYNOPSIS... Surface high pressure and a dry airmass will remain in place across the region through the weekend. Cool northerly flow will keep temperatures a few degrees below normal through Saturday before a warming trend develops heading into early next week. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... No significant updates this morning, with moist airmass advecting south from the Great Lakes through central Ohio today behind last night's cold front. Still have clouds increasing through late morning, then becoming partly cloudy this afternoon. Temperatures by afternoon will rise into the lower 40s northeast to lower 50s southwest, despite persistent cold air advection at 850mb. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH 6 PM FRIDAY/... Surface high pressure will continue to nose down into our area tonight into Friday. With a dry airmass in place, expect mainly clear skies. We will remain in northerly low level flow though and this will help keep temperatures seasonably cool. Lows tonight will be in the low to mid 20s with highs on Friday in the low to mid 40s. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Period begins with a deep upper trough positioned to the northeast. The upper trough will strengthen through Saturday and Sunday before weakening and moving east on Monday as an upper ridge progresses to the eastern CONUS. Surface high pressure forming under the confluent flow on the west side of the upper trough will provide a prolonged spell of dry weather Friday night through Monday. Dry weather will persist Tuesday as the upper ridge moves to the Ohio Valley, pushing the surface high to the Atlantic Coast. Increasing moisture ahead of a surface low may allow a few showers and gusty winds on Wednesday. Temperatures will start rather cool, with highs reaching the low and mid 40s Saturday, and the mid and upper 40s Sunday. Warm advection taking hold as the surface high moves east will boost temperatures, with highs gradually increasing to the 60s by Wednesday. && .AVIATION /18Z THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Dry weather and VFR conditions will continue through the TAF period. High pressure will build in from the upper Great Lakes, which will keep winds steady from the north to northwest. OUTLOOK...No significant weather expected. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...JGL NEAR TERM...Hogue SHORT TERM...JGL LONG TERM...Coniglio AVIATION...Hogue
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 407 AM EST Thu Mar 4 2021 INZ074-KYZ091>093-OHZ077-078-051100- Dearborn-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Hamilton-Clermont- 407 AM EST Thu Mar 4 2021 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northern Kentucky and Southwest Ohio. .DAY ONE...Today and tonight. Moderate river flooding will continue along the Ohio River near Cincinnati today into tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ050-058-059-066-073-075-080-KYZ089-090-094>100-OHZ026-034-035- 042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-079>082-088-051100- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-Ripley-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-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- Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 407 AM EST Thu Mar 4 2021 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. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Moderate flooding occurred along the Kentucky River due to heavy rain earlier in the week. A man drowned in the flood waters near Perry Park.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Owen | 2021-03-04 | 32 | Male | In Water | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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