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Severe weather likely in the Ohio valley late Friday into Saturday with damaging wind, large hail, flash flooding, and a tornado or two all possible.

Scattered severe storms will be probable Friday across Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. Severe gusts, possibly significant, will be capable of swaths of wind damage with the more intense storms. A couple of tornadoes are possible in addition to large hail.

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING…

The Flash Flood Watch continues for

* Portions of Indiana…Northern Kentucky and Ohio, including the
following counties, in Indiana, Dearborn, Fayette IN, Franklin IN,
Ohio, Ripley, Union IN and Wayne. In Northern Kentucky, Boone,
Campbell and Kenton. In Ohio, Adams, Brown, Butler, Champaign,
Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Fairfield, Fayette OH, Franklin
OH, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Hocking, Madison, Miami,
Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto and Warren.

* From this evening through Saturday morning.

* Showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop late this
afternoon and continue into the overnight hours. The rain will be
heavy at times with rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches an hour
possible in some of the storms. In areas of repeated storms,
rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches will be possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

People in the watch area should keep an eye on the weather and be
prepared for immediate action should heavy rains and flooding occur
or a Flash Flood Warning be issued. Avoid low-lying areas and be
careful when approaching highway dips and underpasses.

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The threat for severe storms and flash flooding is increasing for Friday afternoon/evening. These storms will bring an enhanced risk of damaging winds, with some risk for large hail and maybe a tornado as well. With torrential rain in some storms, flash flooding may also occur.

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for Southeast Indiana, Northern
Kentucky and Southwest Ohio.

Friday through Wednesday.

Severe weather will be possible late Friday afternoon into Friday
night with damaging wind the primary threat. Isolated large hail
will also be possible. Thunderstorms will be capable of producing
locally heavy rainfall late Friday afternoon and Friday night,
leading to the potential for some flooding concerns.

Heat indices Friday afternoon will be in the mid to upper 90s.

A few strong to severe storms will be possible again Saturday
afternoon and evening. Damaging wind would be the primary threat on
Saturday.

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1882 Dubuque Frog Hail

Severe weather comes in many forms, and affects humans and the  environment in many ways,. But some types of severe weather are simply so odd, such bizarre examples of the complexity of nature, that they deserve to be remembered. Like that time, in Dubuque Iowa, when hail included live frogs.