High water on the Licking River resulted in a fatality.
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The episode as NWS ILN wrote it up.
High water on the Licking River resulted in a fatality.
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 May 31, 1:06 AM EST, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Wilmington OH 206 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026 .WHAT HAS CHANGED... Added chances for sprinkles Sunday night into Monday. && .KEY MESSAGES... 1) An extended period of dry weather will continue through at least Thursday. Temperatures will generally be near or slightly below climatological normals. 2) Temperatures begin to warm by the end of the week, and chances for showers and thunderstorms return Friday and into the weekend. && .DISCUSSION... KEY MESSAGE 1) Surface high pressure over the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley gradually weakens throughout the day. Light northeasterly flow becomes weaker during the afternoon and evening. A continuous stream of cirrus/cirrostratus will be present, similar to the last few days. Into Sunday night, a weak shortwave to the west of the region slowly moves east. The low level atmosphere remains quite dry, but there will be increasing moisture aloft. The increase in mid- level moisture will produce elevated showers which may be persistent enough to allow for some sprinkles Sunday night into Monday. Virga is likely to be observed throughout the day on Monday. Another trough over the northeast US will be digging southward, bringing another round of dry air with a backdoor cold front Monday night into Tuesday. Surface high pressure moves back in over the region through Thursday, maintaining the dry conditions. KEY MESSAGE 2) Confidence is increasing that the dominating ridge over the central CONUS and southern Canada will break down Friday. This will allow for better moisture advection back into the Ohio Valley from the Mississippi River Valley and Plains. Temperatures will also increase in response to the southwesterly flow. The timing of the initial round of rain continues to bounce around, with Friday looking a bit drier compared to yesterday. A secondary shortwave trough on Saturday would likely result in better chances on Saturday. Given these features are quite small, the exact forecast details will change with future forecasts. && .AVIATION /06Z SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... VFR prevails through the taf period. Only exception is at KLUK where the potential for BR exists into the early morning. Northeasterly winds continue in the 5 to 10 knot range early this morning. Winds veer slightly to the east today, becoming more easterly or variable late this afternoon and evening. OUTLOOK...No significant weather expected. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...None. KY...None. IN...None. && DISCUSSION...McGinnis AVIATION...McGinnis
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Wilmington OH 207 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-010615- 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- 207 AM EDT Sun May 31 2026 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...Monday through Saturday. 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.
A teenage girl drowned after being trapped under debris in fast flowing water.
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, Licking | 2026-05-31 | 15 | Female | In Water | Indirect |
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