Tornado watch issued for Greater Cincinnati area

Climate Influence day: Rain, gusty winds, cooler temperatures linger after storms transfer out

Up to date: 7:43 AM EST Feb 28, 2024

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT’S OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONG WINDS WE SAW FROM THE STORM. EVEN IF THEY ROTATED OR NOT. WHICH OF COURSE, THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILL CONFIRM THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY. THE WINDS THEMSELVES WERE BAD. YEAH. TRASH CANS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG ONE THAT GETS BLOWN INTO THE STREET. SO EVEN IF IT’S PAST YOUR AREA, JUST BE MINDFUL. THIS MORNING MY HUSBAND SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN COMING THROUGH OUR TOWN AS IT ROLLED THROUGH. NOW THE FRONT HAS PASSED BY A GOOD CHUNK OF GREATER CINCINNATI. WE’RE STILL GOING TO SEE SCATTERED RAIN AND MAYBE A THUNDERSTORM THROUGH ABOUT MAYBE 10:00 OR SO THIS MORNING. GIVE OR TAKE A LITTLE BIT HERE. THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS EXPECTED AT 6 A.M. THE EXCEPTION IS ADAMS COUNTY. IF YOU ARE IN ADAMS COUNTY, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED YOU WEREN’T INCLUDED IN THE INITIAL TORNADO WATCH. YOU GOT LUMPED IN WHEN THEY ADDED IN EASTERN OHIO AND EASTERN KENTUCKY. SO THAT ONE GOES UNTIL 10 A.M. THEY MAY DROP YOU EARLY, BUT YOU’RE KIND OF IN THE SAME BOAT AS EVERYBODY ELSE HERE IN GREATER CINCINNATI. THE FRONT ITSELF IS BASICALLY STRETCHED FROM HILLSBORO TO FALMOUTH RIGHT NOW AND PRESSING TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO, WE’VE SEEN INTENSE RAIN VERY STRONG WIND GUSTS. AND EARLY THIS MORNING THERE WAS EVEN SOME PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THAT SYSTEM AS IT STARTED TO MOVE IN TO OUR NORTH AND NORTHERNMOST COUNTIES. RIGHT NOW IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, HILLSBORO, LOOKING AT SOME RAIN A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTNING THERE. OFF TO THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN AND OVER TOWARD MARSHALL. YOU’RE SEEING THAT RAIN PUSH BACK IN AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE 275 LOOP, THOUGH THE FRONT HAS PASSED BY, WE STILL HAVE SOME RAIN TO TALK ABOUT HERE. HERE’S COLE RAIN SEEING A LITTLE POCKET OF MODERATE DOWNPOURS. THERE RIGHT ALONG THE 275 LOOP. MORE OF THEM HERE INTO NORTHERN BOONE COUNTY. REALLY ANYWHERE FROM LAWRENCEBURG, INDIANA TO RISING SUN. NOW PUSHING INTO BOONE COUNTY AGAIN. SO ABOUT TO SEE RAIN AGAIN AT THE AIRPORT. IF YOU’RE IN BURLINGTON OR UNION, THAT RAIN IS HEADED TOWARDS YOU AS WELL. AND THEN UP IN PORTIONS OF BUTLER COUNTY. ANOTHER POCKET OF RAIN IN OXFORD TOWARDS SEVEN MILE, A COUPLE OF SHOWERS RIGHT NOW NEAR FAIRFIELD. SO THESE RAIN SHOWERS, MAYBE A RUMBLE OF THUNDER THAT WILL BE WITH US. YOU KNOW, TEN, MAYBE 11:00 AT THE LATEST. OUR TEMPERATURES ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE DROPPING. TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEEBLES, WHICH IS STILL MID 60S. CONNERSVILLE HAS DROPPED DOWN TO 48 DEGREES. IT’S GOING TO BE A RAPID FALL OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. WE’RE DOWN TO 57 DEGREES IN CINCINNATI, AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE US HITTING THE 30S BY LUNCHTIME. SO HERE’S THE FUTURECAST TRACKING THAT FRONT MOVING OUT HERE AS WE ROLL TOWARDS 7 A.M. HOWEVER, AN OCCASIONAL SHOWER, A STRAY RUMBLE OF THUNDER WILL BE WITH US HERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE MORNING RUSH. HERE’S 930. YOU CAN SEE WE’VE STILL GOT SOME RAIN AROUND. HOWEVER, THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL HAVE BEEN WILL BE GONE BY THAT POINT. TEN 11:00 THEN WE’RE FINALLY KIND OF DONE WITH THE RAIN FOR TODAY. MAYBE A FLURRY AT THAT POINT BECAUSE THE COLDER AIR WILL BE HERE AND WE ARE STUCK WITH THE WINDS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WINDS ABOUT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TEMPERATURES IN THE 30S, 20 MILE AN HOUR WINDS DRESS FOR THE 20S, RUN OUT THE DOOR. THIS MORNING WITH THAT WINTER COAT BECAUSE YOU DON’T NEED IT RIGHT NOW, BUT YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO NEED THAT BY LUNCHTIME. WE GO FROM AROUND 61 HERE IN THE 6:00 HOUR TO 38 DEGREES BY 12, AND THEN WE STAY IN THE 30S THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND ON INTO THE EVENING. SO FOR FC CINCINNATI’S MATCH TONIGHT FOR THE, UH, AGAINST CAVALIERS SC, MARCH TO THE MATCH. GUSTY WINDS AND 35 DEGREES KICKOFF IS AT 7:00 32 FEELING LIKE THE 20S. WHAT A CRAZY CONTRAST TO OUR 67 OR SO DEGREE HIGH TODAY. MORNING STORMS FALLING TO THE 30S AND OF COURSE, STAYING WINDY WITH CLOUDS CLEARING OUT TONIGHT AND THAT COLD AIR MOVING IN CHECK OUT TOMORROW’S LOW 1920 DEGREES IN MOST PLACES. A SUNNY DAY THOUGH ON THE WAY AND AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND, THINGS ARE GOING TO WARM UP PRETTY QUICKLY. SO I THINK YOU’RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT SOME NI