1 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Feb 9, 2:52 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 252 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001 STRONG UPPER TROF MOVING THROUGH MISSISSIPPI VALLEY IS PROGGED TO LIFT THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TO NORTHEAST CANADA BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE MEANTIME WE ARE DEALING WITH RECORD HIGH TEMPS...STRONG WINDS...AND POSSIBLE SVR WX. MODELS DOING GOOD JOB IN PLACING SFC LOW OVER MICHIGAN AT 18Z. STRONG COLD FRONT EXTENDING SOUTH FROM LOW IS FCST TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. STRONG LOW LEVEL FLOW AHEAD AND ALONG FRONT HAS RESULTED IN WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA BEING MET. WINDS SHOULD SUBSIDE BELOW ADVISORY CRITERIA RATHER QUICKLY BEHIND FRONT...BY MIDNIGHT IN WEST AND AFTER MIDNIGHT IN EAST. LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL ALSO ENERGIZE SHRA/TSRA. MAIN AREA OF PRECIP IS ALONG INDIANA/ILLINOIS BORDER. THOUGH NO SVR TSRA HAVE BEEN OCCURRING TO OUR WEST...WILL KEEP MENTION OF POSSIBLE SVR ALONG OHIO RIVER WITH POTENTIAL DAMAGING GUSTS. A RETURN TO COLDER AND MORE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT WITH RAPID DRYING INDICATED AS HIGH MOVES IN. MOSTLY SUNNY AND COLDER WILL WORK FOR SATURDAY...WITH SIMILAR CONDITIONS ON SUNDAY. CLOUDS SHOULD INCREASE SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SYSTEM PASSING SOUTH NEAR THE GULF COAST. FWC TEMPS LOOK GENERALLY GOOD THROUGH THE FCST PERIOD...SO I WILL NOT DEVIATE MORE THAN A COUPLE OF DEGREES. TONIGHT'S LOWS LOOK A BIT OPTIMISTIC SO WILL UNDERCUT SLIGHTLY AT CVG AND DAY. SATURDAY'S HIGHS LOOK SLIGHTLY LOW...AND SUNDAY'S SLIGHTLY HIGH AT CVG AND CMH. .ILN... ...WIND ADVISORY THIS EVENING FOR INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051> 053-060>062-070>072-077-078. ...WpIND ADVISORY TONIGHT FOR KYZ097>100-OHZ045-046-054>056-063>065-073-074-079>082-088. CONIGLIO
INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ070>072-077>082-088-100330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 341 PM EST FRI FEB 9 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. SOME OF THE CITIES AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ARE CINCINNATI AND PORTSMOUTH. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE QUICKLY ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND A THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE IN ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...BRINGING THE THREAT OF WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH. THE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL END AFTER THE FRONT CROSSES THE AREA TONIGHT. MUCH COLDER AIR WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT ON SATURDAY. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA SOURCE FOR THE LATEST ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER EVENT. CONIGLIO
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A line of showers ahead of a strong cold front produced a wind gust to 58 mph at Lunken Municipal Airport.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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