Scattered thunderstorms produced locally heavy rainfall.
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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 7, 12:07 PM EST, 5 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 107 PM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025 .SYNOPSIS... The quiet pattern continues through the end of the work week and into the weekend, with isolated afternoon thunderstorms possible each day. Temperatures and moisture both increase over the next several days. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/... Surface high pressure located over New England continues to drive our sensible weather as it slowly progresses southeast toward the Atlantic. This feature allows for continued quiet conditions during the overnight hours, with perhaps some river valley fog development again during the early morning. Some CAMs are hitting on overland fog developing along the OH/IN border, however, the signal is weaker than it has been previous nights. Despite this, have added in some patchy fog in this area. Overnight lows fall to the mid/upper 60s. && .SHORT TERM /FRIDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT/... The broad upper level ridges both to our west and to our northeast continue to dominate the pattern. The ILN CWA will be situated on the southwest side of the New England surface high, allowing for southerly return flow to drive into the region. Friday high temperatures are forecast to be nearly normal, if not slightly above, with temperatures reaching the upper 80s, possibly tickling 90 for areas along the Ohio River. Once again, cannot rule out a stray summertime thunderstorm, however, forcing is nearly non-existant so not expecting anything other than some heavy rain and lightning with any pop ups. Overnight, we remain quiet. Low temperatures fall to the upper 60s. && .LONG TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Through the weekend and into early next week, much of the region will remain placed in between two areas of above normal PWATs. With no major forcing mechanisms, persistent weather can be expected through this period. Highs are above normal, generally in the upper 80s to lower 90s. Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms can't be ruled during the afternoon hours. A noticeable trend has taken shape over the last few model cycles regarding the trough that was expected to move through the Midwest and Great Lakes Tuesday and Wednesday. Instead of a sharp trough, much of the ensemble guidance has trended toward a more persistent ridge with a weak trough glancing through the region. This creates some uncertainty regarding the placement of the cold front that was originally supposed to move into the area on Tuesday. Even if the front is lacking, above normal PWATs will advect northeastward as deep southwesterly flow settles in over the Ohio Valley midweek. This would support a more active thunderstorm pattern with locally heavy rainfall threats returning for a few days into late next week. && .AVIATION /17Z THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY/... Diurnally driven cumulus are popping up across the region, with some sites reporting high end MVFR conditions with that deck. Have kept TAFs optimistically SCT instead of doing a blanket BKN line. Winds remain mostly calm across the region. Very isolated afternoon thunderstorms will be possible again today, with locally heavy rainfall and lightning. Storms die off after sunset. Calm conditions continue overnight. River valley fog is again possible, so have dropped KLUK accordingly. Friday is more of the same- quiet conditions with afternoon Cu. 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 306 AM EDT Thu Aug 7 2025 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-080715- 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- 306 AM EDT Thu Aug 7 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...Today and tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. 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.
Water was flowing down the Elsinore Place Steps.
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