Tornado Warning 18, NWS Wilmington, OH

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
301 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

CDFNT DROPPING SLOWLY SEWD ACROSS FA THIS PM.  NMRS BOUNDARIES
SHOWING UP ON SATELLITE AND KILN 88D.  XPCT SCT TSRA TO CONTINUE
DEVELOPING AND PUSHING SLOWLY SWD DURING THE LATE PM AND EVENING
HOURS.  ATMOSPHERE SET UP FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND SOME HAIL . WL
NEED TO MENTION CHC TSRA THIS EVENING OVR CNTRL OH AND IN AND PRIOR
TO MIDNIGHT ALONG THE OH RIVER.

SKIES WL CLEAR TONIGHT BEHIND THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH SOMEWHAT
DRIER AIR EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO FA.  HI PRES WL BUILD INTO THE OH
VLY ON WED AND REMAIN ACROSS THE AREA KEEPING CONDITIONS DRY.

WILKINSON

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-INZ
050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-252100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1048 AM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

A COLD FRONT IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS.  AHEAD OF THE FRONT
THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO WEST-CENTRAL OHIO DURING THE EARLY
AFTERNOON HOURS AND THEN SPREAD INTO THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER
VALLEYS AND CENTRAL OHIO BY MID AFTERNOON.   OVER FAR SOUTHERN OHIO
...SOUTHEASTERN INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHERN KENTUCKY...SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON.

THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MPH.  HAIL GREATER THAN 3/4 OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER IS ALSO
POSSIBLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

WILKINSON

OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077-078-080-082-260100-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
237 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 801 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY...CENTRAL OHIO AND MOST OF
EXTREME SOUTHERN OHIO...

SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE CINCINNATI...COLUMBUS...DAYTON...
LANCASTER...SPRINGFIELD AND WAPOKENTA.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING ACROSS NORTHERN
OHIO...WESTWARD INTO EXTREME NORTHEAST INDIANA...WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST
AS THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING PROGRESSES.

DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS...WITH GUSTS UP
TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE.  IN ADDITION...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.

.END/SITES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
252 PM EDT TUE AUG 25 1998

TIME(EDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0225 PM    KENTON                    OH   1.75 INCH HAIL
08/25/98   HARDIN                         GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AND
                                          FIVE LARGE TREES DOWN 5
                                          MILES E OF KENTON