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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Wilmington, OH

July 23, 2003Mercer County, Ohio

NWS Wilmington, OH issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT for Mercer County, Ohio. It was in force for 45 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2003, 8:15 PM EDT (00:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2003, 9:00 PM EDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Wilmington, OH
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Mercer County, OH

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 23, 1:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 1:45 PM EDT, 6 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:59 AM EDT, 15 hours 16 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
459 AM EDT WED JUL 23 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE LOWER GREAT LAKES
AND OHIO VALLEY.  THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT.  AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY
BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE SLOWLY OFF TO THE EAST
ON THURSDAY. THE THREAT FOR A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY.
SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 4:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.