Britley Ritz

Britley Ritz Nature lover who is infatuated with the atmosphere. A soul who WILL make a powerful difference in the world.

08/19/2026

Yes, the rumors are true.
There is another chance for rain and storms and it arrives today.

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I explain what’s causing it.
The timing and the rainfall amounts.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK: Slight risk for flooding late today and into Thursday. The graphic showing the entire Valley in...
08/19/2026

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RISK: Slight risk for flooding late today and into Thursday. The graphic showing the entire Valley in yellow indicates this.

FUTURECAST: shows the heaviest rain throughout the overnight hours.

RAINFALL TOTALS: will amount to .5 to 1" of rain. Isolated higher amounts around 2 inches are possible. While that doesn't seem like a lot, the grounds are completely saturated from the previous downpours. It won't take much at all to cause an issue. Plus there is A LOT of moisture thanks to a southwest wind. Downpours can have heavy rain rates, causing flash flooding.

A FLOOD WATCH is in effect for RANDOLPH CO. Indiana until 8 AM Thursday.

Over the last two weeks, we’ve had limited time to play outside. This little lady LOVES to be outside. So… you can only ...
08/18/2026

Over the last two weeks, we’ve had limited time to play outside. This little lady LOVES to be outside. So… you can only imagine her disappointment.

Finally we had an opportunity and we took full advantage. Her chalk… sorry “shaaa” skills are impressive.

Today we’ll walk, kick the big red ball and blow bubbles.

08/16/2026

Kiser Lake Road near St Paris showing definite rotation from the tornado warned storm last night.

This video was sent to us from David Livingston.

08/15/2026

These videos of the “possible” tornado that was reported in Clark Co. in the Navistar parking lot on Tuesday at 9:25 am.

Obviously, it looks like it touched the ground and can be labeled a tornado. THIS HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED by the NWS just yet.

This video was sent to me from Jeff Entler off his car camera. Thankfully he wasn’t in the vehicle, but he said many cars were damaged and all the car alarms were going off.

I will post two other angles within the comment section.

The first image is 1100W and 800S in Randolph. The big culvert is 1000s east of Highway 1. The one where the truck is in...
08/15/2026

The first image is 1100W and 800S in Randolph.

The big culvert is 1000s east of Highway 1. The one where the truck is in front of the hole is Windsor east of Windsor and the other one is by Farmland 600W between 300N and 400N.

Nate Moore sent these to me stating “I have worked for the highway department there for 17 years and have never seen a culvert completely wash out and we have 6 or them washed out now. Several other roads washed out”

Additional rainfall today alone 1 to 3” and more possible Sunday and Monday.

Please, if you don’t have to travel today… don’t. Really give it a few weeks for these roads to be repaired. There will be detours! Follow them. DO NOT MOVE BARRICADES!

DO NOT DRIVE THRU FLOODED ROADWAYS!

08/14/2026

What a week!
I think I’m gonna close my eyes now.
Enjoy your weekend.
PS strong storms possible tomorrow.

Dayton International Airport has reported nearly 6 inches of rain since the start of August. Our monthly average is roug...
08/14/2026

Dayton International Airport has reported nearly 6 inches of rain since the start of August. Our monthly average is roughly 3 inches and we've already surpassed that.

The wettest August on record was in 1974 reaching 8.03" of rain.

Now now... We have more rain through the weekend and well... we're only half way through the month.

08/13/2026

This is the old creek at Greenville park after yesterdays rain! It reaches just under the swinging bridge.

Large areas across the park are flooded and impassable.

Thank you Kathryn Jeffers-Quinn for the video.

08/13/2026

WHY ARE WE GETTING SO MUCH RAIN?
Let's get real technical here.

We have A LOT of moisture in the air. Dew points have been in the 70s. We have what meteorologists call "Monsoonal Flow" circulating around a massive area of high pressure placed perfectly in the center of the United States. This phrase is a wind that brings warm, wet air from the south and places it nearby. So we usually have a south or southwest wind.

Areas of low pressure build along this stalled boundary and ride along it, one right after the next.

WHAT HAPPENED ACROSS EASTERN INDIANA YESTERDAY?
Why so much rain in one sitting?

The air was already worked over here in the Miami Valley. So... the storms that fired up near Chicago and nothern Indiana traveled toward the energy it could find.

Why the training?
There are parallel winds, upper winds match the direction of the storm boundary. There wasn't any movement due to weak steering winds to push the storms away. And the warm, wet air acted as continuous fuel. PLUS old outflow boundars (cold air rushing out front previous storms) can trap new rain.

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