Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and localized flooding.
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Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rainfall and localized flooding.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 7, 11:47 PM EST, 4 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1247 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025 .SYNOPSIS... A slow moving front will meander across the region through today, providing a continued chance of isolated showers and storms through the daytime. A stronger front will push through the region on Monday, providing renewed chances for showers and storms once again, particularly during the afternoon. Seasonably warm and humid conditions will prevail until some drier air returns in the wake of the front by Tuesday. Drier conditions should persist through Thursday before a seasonably warm and humid airmass returns late in the week, bringing renewed chances for showers and storms. && .NEAR TERM /THROUGH SUNDAY/... A lumbering weak sfc low will track squarely through the local area through the near term period, with a /very/ saturated profile remaining anchored across the region early this morning. Some weak, but deep, instby with very narrow CAPE and PWats lingering between 125%-150% of seasonal norms through daybreak should help maintain spotty/cellular development. This, combined with increased moisture/mass convergence with the arrival of a slightly stronger H8 LLJ, and relatively slow storm motions (and even some backbuilding/training activity), will continue to provide a chance for isolated heavy rain/flooding. This will be possible just about anywhere, but should generally maximize in the srn/wrn halves of the local area. This is especially the case across the srn half of the area where many spots have already seen bouts of heavy rain over the past several days... so antecedent conditions are somewhat wet to begin with. Expect that the semi-cohesive band of SHRA (with ISO embedded TSRA) will arc to the NE through the ILN FA through sunrise, with fairly expansive coverage expected locally through most of the nighttime, owing to a subtle increase in LL lift along the nose of the NE- impinging LLJ as the sfc low approaches. Hourly rates close to 2"/hr will be possible in the strongest/most persistent cores, which certainly would pose a localized flood threat should these prolonged downpours evolve over a flood-prone spot or an area that has already received heavy rain over the past several days. This being said, the spatial scale at which this will occur is still going to be relatively small, so the threat is certainly /localized/ in nature. Will continue to highlight this potential in the HWO. Remember, flooding at night can be quite dangerous! If you encounter high water in your vehicle, TURN AROUND. Temps will be relatively steady in the mid to upper 60s through daybreak, owing to the saturated profile, expansive cloud cover, and weak sfc flow. Past daybreak, we should see an overall decrease in coverage of SHRA locally, but it won't cut off completely as the weak sfc low continues to crawl E through the region. The best coverage early this morning should focus near/N of the I-70 corridor before "wraparound" ISO activity pivots to the E through the area during the afternoon. Coverage of SHRA this afternoon should remain fairly spotty in nature, but certainly low end PoPs are needed to account for the potential for lingering activity in a few spots through most of the daytime. This being said, do think that a drying/clearing trend will evolve very late in the day from W to E, with some sunshine expected to return by late afternoon near/W of I-75. Highs will top out in the mid to upper 70s today amidst mostly cloudy skies through midday. On the backside of the departing low, NW winds around 12-15kts may gust around 20kts by late afternoon into early evening, particularly across the W and S parts of the ILN FA. && .SHORT TERM /SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... The beginning of the short term period will start off on a quieter note as the initial system departs to the E and the other approaches toward daybreak Monday and beyond. Could see the potential for some patchy fog development tonight into early Monday given the relatively clear skies (through the predawn hours) and light sfc flow. However, cloud cover and pcpn chances will return from the W toward sunrise and beyond. Lows tonight dip into the lower to mid 60s. Yet another system will bring SHRA, with ISO embedded TSRA, to the area again during the daytime Monday. This one, however, is of a completely different structure/setup than what we have been dealing with on-and-off for the past several days. An anamolously-deep and stacked low pressure system will drift to the SE from the Upper Midwest into the OH Vly and Great Lakes regions into the day Monday. This will result in an abrupt increase in deep-layer flow fields and forcing, allowing for a narrow NE-to-SW band of SHRA, with embedded TSRA, to move to the E through the local area through mid afternoon. The best chance for some diurnally-driven destabilization to be realized on Monday is going to be near/E of I-71, so this is where the best chance for TSRA, and perhaps a very ISO/low-end severe chance, is expected to focus. Do think that a few instances of gusty winds will be possible as this activity moves through parts of NE KY and the lower Scioto Valley and central OH by mid afternoon, but the overall potential for /severe/ storms appears to be fairly low at this juncture. SHRA/TSRA will quickly end from W to E by late afternoon, with drier air filtering in from the W into Monday evening. Highs on Monday will heavy influenced by the large shield of clouds and pcpn moving through the area during the heart of the daytime, with temps generally topping out in the mid to upper 70s (warmest conditions favored in NE KY and the lower Scioto Valley by early afternoon before arrival of SHRA/TSRA by midday). && .LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/... A cutoff upper low in the Great Lakes region will move east overnight Monday. Westerly upper flow during the day takes a northwest turn Tues night, and continues through Wednesday before shifting back to the west before daybreak Thursday. On Thurs night and Fri, a developing low in the Plains slowly moves into the Midwest by Saturday. During this time, the low is east of a mean ridge axis which is keeping it from deepening. On Sunday, the weak low/open wave will be in the western Ohio Valley. A surface cold front will have crossed the CWA by Monday evening and continue exiting east, with cool and dry air following it. The coolest period in the forecast is from Mon night through Tues night where overnight lows in the upper 50s and daytime highs in the mid 70s. After this time, upper heights will build through Friday. A surface high over the area will begin to exit overnight Thursday. This is where models diverge quite a bit, downstream of the weakening upper low in the Plains and in the mean sw flow behind the departing surface high. GFS develops a warm front in srn MI for early Fri and brings in precip beginning late Thurs, continuing through Fri night. European hints at a sfc boundary but is beginning precip with the frontogenesis early Sat whereas GFS is exiting the front and following it with dry air. The Euro has some buy-in from the Canadian but the Canadian is overdone with volume and persistence of precip over the CWA Saturday. Precip fields at this time and general pattern diverge by the end of the week. However, temperatures look to have a fair agreement that they max out Thu/Fri in the mid 80s with weekend highs topping out within a few degrees of 80. With the blanketing cloud cover and sly flow, overnight lows Fri night only drop to the upper 60s, punctuated on either end by slightly cooler mid 60s Thu and Sat nights. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... A fairly cohesive band of SHRA, with ISO embedded TSRA, will pivot to the NE through the local area through 12z, bringing brief/abrupt changes in VSBYs alongside CIGs that will progressively transition from VFR to MVFR/IFR through daybreak. The best coverage of pcpn will gradually shift to the NE through sunrise, with drier conditions evolving near KCVG/KLUK earlier (~10z) than will be the case for KDAY/KCMH/KLCK. In fact, with the sfc low still drifting E through the region through mid morning, do think that ISO activity will persist near/N of I-70 during this stretch, so conditions may not trend drier as a whole for KDAY/KCMH/KLCK until 14z-15z. VSBYs will be highly variable, both in time and space, with this activity, with sudden changes from VFR to LIFR and back to VFR as heavier pockets of RA briefly impact a site. In general, however, VSBYs should prevail at MVFR before returning to VFR between 12z-15z. CIGs will also transition from borderline MVFR/IFR back to VFR progressively from 15z-18z. A few ISO SHRA will linger about the area through the afternoon, particularly near KILN/KCVG/KLUK, before drier conditions return area-wide toward 00z and beyond. CIGs will scatter out late in the day, too, with mostly clear skies expected from 00z through 06z. Some cloud cover will overspread the area once again from the W toward 12z Monday. Winds will generally be light/VRB through the morning as the sfc low drifts through the area. On the backside, by late in the day, WNW winds of 12-15kts, with gusts to around 20kts, will be possible, particularly for wrn sites of KCVG/KLUK/KILN/KDAY where the pressure gradient and mixing will be maximized. OUTLOOK...Some storms will be possible again Monday. MVFR CIGs are possible again Monday as well. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...Air Quality Alert until midnight EDT tonight for OHZ046-055-056-065. KY...None. IN...None. && SYNOPSIS...KC NEAR TERM...KC SHORT TERM...KC LONG TERM...Franks AVIATION...KC
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 1259 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025 OHZ026-035-043>046-051>056-064-065-074-090500- Hardin-Auglaize-Shelby-Logan-Union-Delaware-Miami-Champaign-Clark- Madison-Franklin-Licking-Pickaway-Fairfield-Hocking- 1259 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Ohio and west central Ohio. .DAY ONE...Tonight. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ034-042-060>063-070>073- 077>082-088-090500- Wayne-Fayette-Union-Franklin-Ripley-Dearborn-Ohio-Switzerland- Carroll-Gallatin-Boone-Kenton-Campbell-Owen-Grant-Pendleton-Bracken- Robertson-Mason-Lewis-Mercer-Darke-Preble-Montgomery-Greene-Butler- Warren-Clinton-Ross-Hamilton-Clermont-Brown-Highland-Adams-Pike- Scioto- 1259 AM EDT Sun Jun 8 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...Tonight. Showers and storms are expected through daybreak. Locally heavy rainfall is the primary threat, with isolated flooding possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. There is a low probability for widespread hazardous weather. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 79 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:44 UTC.
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Water was rushing over Pontious Lane. Several vehicles were inundated by the water.
Water was rushing over the 2000 block of North Court Street and a portion of the road was washed away.
High water was reported on several roads in Circleville.
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