1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 24, 9:10 PM EST, 5 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 910 PM EST SAT FEB 24 2001 LLVL FLOW HAS MAINTAINED A SLIGHT EASTERLY COMPONENT THIS EVENING...WITH THE BONDARY LAYER REMAINING RELATIVELY DRY OVER ALL BUT THE FAR SOUTH AND WEST PORTION OF THE CWFA. STILL...THE ATMOSPHERE HAS MOISTENED UP SUBSTANTIALLY PER 1+ INCH PWAT ON 00Z SOUNDING. AS TREMENDOUS FORCING FOR LIFT COMES INTO PLAY OVERNIGHT...ESPLY IN THE LLVLS...WIDESPREAD RAIN WL DVLP. INSTABILITY NOT PROGGED TO BE AS HIGH IN OUR AREA AS THAT WHICH IS SUPPORTING WIDESPREAD DEEP CONVECTION UPSTREAM...BUT THUNDER WL CONT GIVEN INTENSE DYNAMICS AND CONTD WEAK INSTABILITY. TEMPS STILL IN THE 60S OVER THE SOUTHERN 1/3...AND HV BEEN SLOWLY RISING OVER THE NORTH. PREV TEMPS FCST APPEARS IN GD SHAPE...AND PLAN ONLY SOME WORDING ADJUSMENTS. 00Z UA ANALYSIS INDCS AREA OF 70-75 KNOT H8 WINDS EVEN LARGER THAN FCST BY THE ETA. THE LLJ IS PROGGED TO STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT TO 80+ KNOTS AT H8...60 KNOTS AT 925. WINDS HV BEEN WELL BELOW ADVSRY CRITERIA THIS EVE IN UPGLIDE/WAA PATTERN...HWVR EITHER CONVECTIVE PRECIPITATION OR POST FRONTAL SUBSIDENCE WL MIX DOWN THE STRONGER WINDS. WLE KEEP WIND HEADLINE AS ADVISORY FOR NOW...AS DAMAGING WIND THREAT LIKELY BEST COVERED BY SVR'S. .ILN...WIND ADVISORY TONIGHT AND SUNDAY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. JOHNSTONE
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:00 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were knocked down by thunderstorm winds.
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