Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours in a warm and unstable airmass.
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Scattered thunderstorms developed during the afternoon hours in a warm and unstable airmass.
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 3, 2:49 PM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION National Weather Service Wilmington OH 349 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 .SYNOPSIS... Warm temperatures will continue through the weekend and into early next week before cooler air works into the region. An upper level disturbance dropping south will bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms into this evening. A few showers cannot be ruled out on Tuesday associated with a cold front. Cooler air will filter into the Ohio Valley by midweek in the wake of this front. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM SUNDAY MORNING/... Strong mid and upper level ridge to remain centered to our west over the central Conus into south central Canada with a low over New England. Embedded shortwave to pivot south-southwest thru the Ohio Valley this evening. Convection has been initiated with scattered showers and thunderstorms observed over areas generally north of I-70 in a region where ML CAPE values are approaching 1000 J/KG. CAM solutions continue to pivot this scattered convective activity southwest with a decrease in coverage by early evening. Shear profile is weak but dry air entrainment supports the potential for gusty winds in pulse type storms. This is shown with forecast DCAPE values approaching 1000 J/KG. Have adjusted pops up slightly but continue in the chance category. Will mention gusty wind potential in all but the far southwest thru early evening. Expect convection to diminish this evening with skies becoming mostly clear. Lows tonight to range from the mid 50s north to the lower 60s south. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... Northerly mid level flow with the region in between a large ridge over the north central Conus and a low over New England. Drier air will begin to settle into the area Sunday with only few to scattered cumulus clouds. High temperatures to range from the lower 80s north to the upper 80s south. As drier air continues to settle into the region Sunday night lows to range from the upper 40s far north to around 60 south of the Ohio River. && .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... Synoptically, an Omega Block will be in place at the start of the period, with a deep, closed low off the coast of New England and large ridge of high pressure over the northern Great Plains. Highs on Monday and Tuesday still reach the low 80s while overnight low temperatures drop to the mid to low 50s. As we head into the work week, the large, upper level trough over northern Quebec retrogrades a bit southwestward toward the Great Lakes region. The surface feature associated with this will drag a cold front front through the area... the timing on this has slowed slightly and have included only a slight chance PoP in northern counties Tuesday evening given that there is good run to run consensus that this will be a mostly dry boundary. After the cold front moves through the area, temperatures moderate a bit more toward climatological norms, if not slightly below, on Wednesday and Thursday; highs reach the mid to upper 70s with lows in the 50s. The area remains under the convergence side of the larger troughing pattern, with the ridge to the west. Guidance depicts occasional, weak, shortwave wiggles moving through the larger flow, suggesting a smattering of afternoon precip with these disturbances, but confidence is so low that did not include in grids. Looking near the end of the period, guidance begins to hint that we may finally see some precipitation as the larger synoptic pattern begins to break up. && .AVIATION /19Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... Weak mid level shortwave drops southwest thru the area today. This combined with marginal to low end moderate instability will lead to the development of scattered showers/thunderstorms initially across central Ohio. Expect this convection to develop southwest as the shortwave pivots thru the area. Coverage of storms will be scattered, so have limited mention to VCTS at any TAF site. As we head into evening remaining showers and thunderstorms over southwest Ohio will dissipate. VFR conditions to continue overnight into Sunday with only few to scattered cumulus clouds expected Sunday. Northeast winds around 10kts will subside gradually this evening with northeast winds up to 10 kts on Sunday. OUTLOOK...No significant weather expected. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...AR NEAR TERM...AR SHORT TERM...AR LONG TERM...CA AVIATION...AR
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 355 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 INZ073>075-080-KYZ089>100-042000- Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland-Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton- Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken-Robertson-Mason-Lewis- 355 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northeast Kentucky and Northern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ050-058-059-066-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074- 077>082-088-042000- Wayne-Fayette IN-Union IN-Franklin IN-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- 355 PM EDT Sat Jun 3 2023 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for East Central Indiana, Southeast Indiana, Central Ohio, South Central Ohio, Southwest Ohio and West Central Ohio. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered thunderstorms this afternoon into early evening will have the potential to produce strong to isolated damaging winds. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Hazardous weather is not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:54 UTC.
3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A newly constructed pole barn was completely destroyed.
A large tree was downed.
Several trees were downed in the Hilliard area, including one that caused damage to a house.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 1104760, 1092523, 1092524.