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 Jul 3, 1:58 PM EST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 258 PM EDT TUE JUL 3 2001 WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY UNTIL LATE THURSDAY AS VIGOROUS H5 CUTOFF SPINS THROUGH SOUTHEASTERN CANADA. SHORT WAVE COMING OUR WAY FROM ILLINOIS WILL MOVE IN THIS EVENING...WITH OTHER SHORT WAVES DUE TO INFLUENCE OUR AREA ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SFC MAP SHOWS OUR AREA EXPERIENCING THETA-E ADVECTION ON THE EAST SIDE OF HIGH MOVING OFF THE MID ATLANTIC COAST. MCS IS MOVING THROUGH INDIANA INTO OHIO ROUGHLY ALONG THETA-E GRADIENT. FOR TONIGHT...I'LL GO WITH EVENING PERIOD FOR CURRENT TSRA...THEN CHANCE POPS OVERNIGHT. INSTABILITY WILL PERSIST ON WEDNESDAY... WITH PVA AND SFC CONVERGENCE SO I'LL KEEP CHANCE POPS. NEXT SHORT WAVE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY WILL MAINLY AFFECT OUR SOUTHERN COUNTIES. I'LL GO WITH CHANCE TSRA ALL ZONES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH FRONT DUE TO CROSS THE AREA ACCOMPANIED BY PVA. FOR THURSDAY...I'LL KEEP WEST CENTRAL ZONE DRY...USE MAINLY MORNING WORDING FOR CHANCE TSRA DAY AND CMH...AND I WON'T INCLUDE ANY TIMING IN THE SOUTH WHERE FRONT IS PROGGED ACROSS THE AREA FOR A GOOD PART OF THE DAY. FWC TEMPS LOOK A BIT WARM TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...THEN TOO COOL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...SO I'LL ADJUST THEM ACCORDINGLY. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:44 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power poles were knocked down just south of Owenton and trees and large limbs were knocked down in Gratz.
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