Strong storms move through Greater Cincinnati Sunday

WE NEEDED THE RAIN. I WAS THINKING ABOUT MY OWN CAR IS THINKING THE RAIN I NEED BECAUSE MY CAR IS DIRTY AND I’M JUST TOO LAZY TO GET IT TO THE CAR WASH. SO I NEEDED THE RAIN TODAY BECAUSE IT DOES HELP ME BUY SOME TIME TO GET BETTER AT THE POOR MAN’S CAR WASH AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. THAT’S OUR. AND DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP TOO BAD ABOUT IT BECAUSE I KNEW IT WAS GOING TO RAIN TODAY, SO I INTENTIONALLY DELAYED ON DOING THE CAR WASH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M WITH YOU. YOU’RE WITH ME. IT’S GREAT. EXACTLY. I LOVE THAT IT IS FREE WATER AND MUCH NEEDED WATER AROUND YOUR RIGHT TO. I KNOW IT SOUNDS KIND OF STRANGE WHEN YOU HEAR THE TRICKLING OF WATER THROUGH THE GUTTERS AGAIN, BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD SO LONG AROUND HERE. RIGHT. IT’S BEEN EXTREMELY DRY. SO BY FAR AND AWAY THE MOST RAIN WE’VE HAD IN WEEKS HERE IN THE TRI-STATE. BUT THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO BRING AN END TO A DROUGHT IN AN UNSEASONED, OVERLY LONG STRETCH OF DRY WEATHER. FORTUNATELY, WE’RE NOT DEALING WITH ANY SEVERE WEATHER OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE HAD SOME WIND GUSTS CLOSE TO 50. THESE ARE MOSTLY JUST BIG RAINMAKERS AND OCCASIONALLY THEY’LL THROW OUT A COUPLE OF RUMBLES OF THUNDER, TOO, AS THEY MOVE THROUGH. BUT YOU CAN SEE LOOK AT THAT SOAKING RIGHT ACROSS THE HEART OF HAMILTON COUNTY THERE AS THOSE THUNDERSTORMS MERGE. IT’S STILL RAINING A GOOD BIT ACROSS HAMILTON COUNTY AND WITHIN THE 275 LOOP. IN FACT, I’VE SEEN SOME PHOTOS OF WATER BEGINNING TO COLLECT AND POUR DRAINAGE AREAS NOW TO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, WHEN YOU’RE IN A DROUGHT LIKE THIS, YOU WANT MORE OF A SLOW, STEADY SOAKING BECAUSE THE GROUND IS STILL SORT OF HARD. SO WHEN IT RAINS REALLY HEAVILY, A LOT OF IT WILL RUN OFF. BUT HEY, WE’LL TAKE IT, RIGHT? ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING OUT THERE. LOOK OUT OF THE RANGE, BEGINNING TO HEAD TOWARDS THE LINES UP THERE IN BUTLER, WARREN COUNTIES. HANG IN THERE. I KNOW YOU’VE HEARD THE DISTANT THUNDER. HERE IT COMES. LOOK AT THAT. RIGHT ALONG ROUTE FOR HEAVY RAINFALL IN FAIRFIELD AND HAMILTON AND OCCASIONALLY ON THE LEADING EDGE, FOR EXAMPLE, OVER TOWARDS BECKETT RIDGE AND THEN BACK TOWARDS WESTCHESTER AREA. OCCASIONALLY ON THE FRONT EDGE OF THESE STORMS. YOU’LL GET SOME BRIEF WIND GUSTS IN THAT 40 TO 50 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. LOOK AT THIS BIG DOWNPOUR NORTH OF MIDDLETOWN HERE UP TOWARDS FRANKLIN, A SPRING WHIRL, HEAVY RAIN FALLING. AND THESE COMMUNITY EASE AND THEN YOU’VE GOT HEAVY RAIN COMING UP TOWARDS WILMINGTON ON I-70 ONE, ALSO UP TOWARDS THE LEBANON AREA. AGAIN, THE LEADING EDGE OF THESE, YOU MIGHT FIND YOURSELF WITH A 40 OR 50 MILE AN HOUR WIND AND THEN BACK INTO THE EASTERN PARTS OF HAMILTON COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN THROUGH ANDERSON OVER TOWARDS NEWTOWN AS YOU HEAD OUT INTO CLERMONT COUNTY. AND THEN THERE’S MORE ACTION. LOOK AT THIS. LOTS OF RAIN. NOT THE BEST DAY TO BE UP THERE ON THE LAKE. WELL, ALL THOSE STORMS AROUND, PLENTY OF LIGHTNING. A TEMPORARY LULL IN NORTHERN KENTUCKY. BUT I DO EXPECT MORE ACTIVITY TO FILL IN. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS GENERALLY WELL TO OUR SOUTH WITH THE WATCHES IN YELLOW, BUT WE STILL GOT MORE RAIN TO COME THROUGH HERE THIS EVENING. SO WE’RE NOT DONE GETTING BENEFICIAL RAINS IN THE AREA WHERE IT HAS RAINED. YOU’VE COOLED OFF INTO THE SIXTIES WHERE IT HASN’T RAINED YET. YOU ARE STILL CURRENTLY IN THE MID SEVENTIES NOW. SO WITHIN THE 275 LOOP, YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN TEMPERATURES WHERE IT’S RAINED CLOSER TO THE RIVER VERSUS THOSE OF YOU UP TOWARDS MIDDLETOWN AND SPRING WORLD STILL WAITING A LITTLE WHILE ON THAT WET WEATHER. SO WE’VE GOT MORE RAIN OPPORTUNITIES AS WE WORK OUR WAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IN FACT, IT’S GOING TO TURN COOL ON US HERE. I’LL SHOW YOU THE WEATHER MAP TONIGHT. HERE’S THE STORM CENTER. YOU SEE THE SPIN IN THE ATMOSPHERE. THAT’S WHAT’S RESPONSIBLE. THE WET WEATHER. THAT’S WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU HAVE HALF OF THE TRI STATE AND A MODERATE DROUGHT. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME BIG IMPROVEMENT TO THIS MAP BY THE TIME WE GET TO THURSDAY WITH THE NEW DROUGHT MONITOR UPDATE. SO WE’RE AT A RAIN CALLED 68 HERE IN CINCINNATI. HERE’S YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST. WE’LL KEEP THE THREAT FOR RAIN AROUND, ESPECIALLY THROUGH MIDNIGHT, AND THEN IT WILL START TO DRY OUT AFTERWARDS. HERE’S FUTURE CAS. NOTICE RUMBLES THROUGH EVENING. SOME RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. THE RAIN TAPERS OFF. IT’S OUT OF HERE BY MORNING AND THEN WE’LL GET INTO SOME SUNSHINE MONDAY AFTERNOON. BUT THEN ON TUESDAY, WE WILL YET SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF WHAT COULD BE SOME MORE BENEFICIAL RAINS FOR THE AREA. SO YOUR FORECAST FOR TONIGHT, A FEW STORMS AND THEN BREEZY AND COOLER TOMORROW. ONLY 72. IT WILL BE A BREEZY DAY. IT WILL BE NOTICEABLY COOLER WITH THE BIG DIP IN HUMIDITY. THERE’S A LOOK AT YOUR DAY PLANNER, YOUR SEVEN DAY FORECAST SHAKING OUT LIKE THIS AFTER WE DRY OUT ON MONDAY. THERE’S MORE RAIN IN HERE ON TUESDAY. LIKELY AND THEN PROBABLY MORE SHOWERS AND STORMS AGAIN BY THE NEXT WEEKEND. ALL RIGHT. THANKS A LOT, KEVIN.