Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Wilmington, OH

FORECAST COORDINATION MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
232 PM EDT WED JUL 02 1997

TORNADO WW 554 IN EFFECT UNTIL 00Z THU FOR MUCH OF WRN OH AND E-CNTRL
IN.  LINE TSRA WL PUSH ACROSS CWA THRU LATE PM AND EVENING WITH
POSSIBLE SVR WX...MAINLY N OF OH RIVER.  FNT WL SWEEP THRU AREA BY
MIDNIGHT WITH MUCH COOLER CONDITIONS.

WL NEED TO ADD CHC OF SHRA/TSRA FOR THU NIGHT AND FRI.

CVG 66/82/67/80 305
DAY 65/81/66/78 504
CMH 67/82/65/78 503

WILKINSON

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-035-042>044-051>053-060>062-070-071-INZ
050-058-059-066-030000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
154 PM EDT (1254 PM EST) WED JUL 2 1997

...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL INDIANA AND MUCH OF
   WESTERN OHIO UNTIL 800 PM EDT (700 PM EST)...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH AREA INCLUDE LIMA...SPRINGFIELD...DAYTON
...AND RICHMOND INDIANA.

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM WAS MOVING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THIS
AFTERNOON WITH A COLD FRONT TRAILING SOUTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA.
A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG THE FRONT IN NORTHWESTERN
INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY WHILE
MOVING EASTWARD.  THE LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT THE WATCH AREA DURING
THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON HOURS.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.  HOWEVER...THE STRUCTURE OF THE VERTICAL WIND PROFILE SUGGESTS
THAT ISOLATED TORNAOES ARE POSSIBLE.

RESIDENTS OF THE WATCH AREA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE NORTHWESTERN SKY
AND STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON

OHZ015-016-024>026-034-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-
088-KYZ091>093-INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-030400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
352 PM EDT (252 PM EST WED JUL 2 1997

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS OHIO...EASTERN INDIANA...AND
   EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A VIGOROUS STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES WAS DRAGGING A COLD
FRONT ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON.  AREAS OF STRONG TO
LOCALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED.  THE ATMOSPHERE AHEAD OF
THESE STORMS WAS EXTREMEMLY UNSTABLE. THUS..THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD.

THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER WEST-CENTRAL OHIO...EAST CENTRAL
INDIANA...AND THE WESTERN MIAMI VALLEY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS
AND THEN MOVE INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS
LATER TONIGHT.  HOWEVER....ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY
IN WEST-CENTRAL OHIO.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES.

WILKINSON