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 Jun 21, 2:45 PM EST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 345 EDT THU JUN 21 2001 WILL SEND OUT A QUICK UPDATE TO INCLUDE PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 463. ...PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... LATEST SFC ANALYSIS DEPICTED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR INDIANAPOLIS WITH A COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTHWEST INTO S CNTRL IL AND ERN MO. THIS WAS FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE 12Z MESO ETA RUN. UPR LVL TROF AND ASSOCIATED VORT MAX OVER NRN MO...AS DEPICTED BY WATER VAPOR...WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SFC LOW PERTURBATION AT INDY. FAVORABLE UPR LVL DIV COMBINED WITH SFC HEATING/MOIST AIRMASS/MOIST LOW LVL CONV WILL CONTINUE SHOWERS/TSTMS ACRS THE REGION THRU THE EVENING HOURS. COLD FRONT WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE EAST AS UPR LVL TROF IS STILL DIGGING ATTM. FRONT SHOULD PASS THROUGH WRN CWFA BETWEEN MIDNIGHT EDT AND 2 AM EDT...AND ERN CWFA BETWEEN 4 AM EDT AND 8 AM EDT. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HEAD OFF TO THE EAST AND/OR WEAKEN ONCE THE SUN GOES DOWN. WILL WORD FCST AS DECREASING OR TAPERING TO SCATTERED SHOWERS OVERNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY...UPR LVL TROF AXIS STILL DOES NOT MOVE THROUGH THE REGION. SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS RAINFALL AND COOLING BEHIND THE FRONT SHOULD TRAP LOWER CLOUD CEILINGS ACRS THE CWFA. BY AFTN...LOW CLOUDS SHOULD MIX OUT...LEAVING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. SINCE THERE IS A LACK OF LOW LVL FOCUSING AND/OR UPR DIV...I WOULD BE INCLINED TO LEAVE FCST DRY. HOWEVER...FCST MODEL SOUNDINGS INDICATED A SMALL CHANCE OF A SHOWER/TSTM DEVELOPING DURING THE LATE AFTN IF FCST MAXES ARE REACHED. THUS...WILL INCLUDE AN AFTN WORDING OF SHOWERS/TSTMS. ANY SHOWER/TSTM ACTIVITY THAT DEVELOPS FRIDAY AFTN SHOULD DISSIPATE BY SUNSET...LEAVING PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. UPR TROUGH STILL HANGS ACRS THE GREAT LAKES/OHIO VLY ON SATURDAY. AGAIN...THERE IS A LACK OF LOW LVL FORCING/UPR LVL DIV. HOWEVER...MODEL SOUNDINGS AGAIN INDICATE THAT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD POP UP LATE IN THE DAY. LONG RANGE MODELS SHOW UPR TROF CUTTING OFF BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. .ILN...NONE. HICKMAN
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-212030- SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1030 AM EDT THU JUN 21 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A VIGOROUS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT ARE FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS ALREADY IN PLACE...A SQUALL LINE IS EXPECTED TO FORM AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS INDIANA. THE SQUALL LINE WILL THEN SWEEP EAST ACROSS THE REGION DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...SUFFICIENT WIND SHEAR WILL BE IN PLACE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LADTEST INFORMATION. HICKMAN
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms produced strong winds which knocked down trees.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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