What the hell just happened between Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio?

hell if you cant show me the exact6 same- show me a video of something similar where the source is known

Ground clutter aside, it's well known in the weather community here (yes I am VERY local to where you are seeing this), that the Wilmington radar has been struggling, and frankly has been for some time now. Some of the issues are mechanical. The time frame in which you posted was when the radar was offline and publicly so. Again, it could have been just powered up, or quick test, or a cable moved, or any number of things that would explain what you see.

When say Wilmington is offline, you don't know how the data from other semi local radars (which is not really local) is propagated, handled and displayed. So your program (which all show and smooth in different ways, or only use one source) is likely showing the data that Cleveland, Indy, and KY sees a very long distance away, and tries to smooth it with the lack of data from Wilmington attempting to fill the hole. When one source is gone, or having issues, it could show up in very different ways.

You can also see weird things when looking at a loop when a radar is switched from clear to precipitation mode.

It's GLP... I get it. :) I'm not beating you up. Just adding some possibilities and context as best I can.

If you really want some cool radar things, check this:
[link to www.weather.gov]

I didn't take it as you beating me up - I am genuinely interested in this and I thank you for your response
My husband and I had theorized that it may be a tower reset or something innocuous as well.
Ive been looking through some satellite photos of the area with the epicenter and haven't really come up with any places of interest as of yet - was trying to find tower locations as well in case it was that - still inconclusive.

Since you have seen these events before do they normally reflect on other nearby weather clouds?

Weather radar would more generally be precipitation, or even down to birds and insects at times. Some places in lower tilt scans, you do get buildings and ground clutter but the software is getting better at filtering that out. It depends on the mode that it's in, and no pun intended, but the weather conditions at the time. It was humid last night, and the fog this morning, so I would guess it would at least see more dense or be more sensitive. It really depends on how the software sees what it scans.

I'm by no means an expert, but I do follow the technology, and a former storm chaser. More of a hobby and general interest.

Good thread though. FWIW I slept for crap last night too. And the base is mentioned, so there is still that! :)