Scattered thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall.
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 Aug 6, 12:20 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 120 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A relatively quiet pattern remains in store through the end of the working week and into the weekend with isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible each day. Temperature and humidity values both slowly increase over the next several days. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... The weak shortwave that has been providing the subtle lift needed for our afternoon thunderstorms moves off to the east Wednesday evening. ILN will remain situated in between two broad areas of ridging and quiet conditions continue overnight. Some CAMs suggest patchy fog development, particularly along and west of I-75 where afternoon showers dominated. Have added this signal to the grids during the late overnight/early morning hours for these areas. Not currently anticipating much fog development in central OH due to a broad area of surface high pressure over New England pushing easterly flow and subsidence driven dry air into the Ohio Valley from the Appalachians. Overnight lows fall to the mid/upper 60s. && .SHORT TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT/... CONUS continues to be dominated by two broad areas of ridging: one anchored in the southwest near the Four Corners region and the other over New England. The ILN CWA (and most of the Midwest) remains sandwiched between these two features under relatively weak large scale flow. As such, there is relatively little forcing to drive any sensible weather changes and the forecast remains mostly quiet. Cannot rule out an isolated pop up summertime thunderstorm, but most areas will remain dry on Thursday. We'll begin to notice a subtle uptick in temperatures/moisture and the daytime highs will rise to the mid/upper 80s. Thursday night remains similarly quiet, though with warmer overnight lows falling to the mid/upper 60s. && .LONG TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... Similar to midweek, a persistent inactive stretch is expected to continue through the end of the week and into the weekend as the region remains stuck in near normal PWATs and lackluster forcing. The ridge intensifies a bit through the weekend, supporting high temperatures into the upper 80s and lower 90s, but low-level moisture values are not high enough to anticipate heat advisory criteria. Still can't rule out a few pop-up showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon hours as sufficient moisture and some instability are in place. This activity would decrease into the evening hours with dry overnights. Monday through Wednesday are expected to be a bit more active with a trough descending into the upper Midwest and Great Lakes regions. Increasing moisture ahead of the cold front supports growing rainfall chances Monday, but especially Tuesday and Wednesday as the front moves closer to the local area. There are some differences across the ensembles regarding how far south the front moves through midweek, but there is at least some potential for a brief dry period (Thursday & Friday) following the active pattern. && .AVIATION /18Z WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Isolated afternoon thunderstorms are possible today, particularly along and west of the I-75 corridor. Very little forcing present in the atmosphere, so in addition to light/variable winds, storms will be slow moving, but likely with heavy rainfall and lightning. For now, have only included this threat as a PROB30 for CVG, LUK, and DAY. Toyed with adding it into ILN, but opted to hold off for now given recent radar returns and satellite imagery depicting most of the activity popping up to the west of this site. AMDs might be needed. Outside of storms, seeing afternoon cu development, so mechanical turbulence may occur. Afternoon storms die off after sunset and winds remain light/variable to calm. HiRes models suggest patchy fog development in areas where afternoon rains fell (along/west of I-75). Have added in periods of MVFR reduced VSBYs for same sites. Again, left out of ILN, but may need to be added in. Thursday arrives calm with light/variable winds and afternoon cu. Similar to Wednesday, mechanical turbulence is possible where cu have developed. OUTLOOK...No significant weather expected. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...CA NEAR TERM...CA SHORT TERM...CA LONG TERM...McGinnis AVIATION...CA
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 123 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-071730- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken- Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Hardin-Mercer-Auglaize-Darke-Shelby-Logan- Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark-Madison-Licking-Preble-Montgomery- Greene-Pickaway-Fairfield-Butler-Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hocking- Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike-Scioto- 123 PM EDT Wed Aug 6 2025 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...This afternoon and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .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.
High water was reported on a couple of streets near the Ohio River.
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