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 7, 8:30 PM EST, 4 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 930 PM EDT SAT JUL 7 2001 HIGHER DEWPTS CONTG TO ADVECT E ACRS FA THIS EVNG WITH READINGS NOW INTO THE LOW 70S ACRS THE W WITH MID TO UPR 70S ACRS MUCH OF IND. VORT MAX EVIDENT ON SAT PIX OVR NRN IL AND THIS PROGD TO DROP SE ACRS FA THRU THE OVRNGT HRS WHILE WAA PATTERN ALSO CONTS OVRNGT WITH 00Z ILN SNDG SHWG 48 KTS AT 700 MB. 00Z SNDG DID HAV A FAIRLY PRONOUNCED CAP JUST BLO 700 MB BUT CAP WEAKENS CONSIDERABLY WHEN MODIFIED FOR HIGHER DWPTS THAT ARE BEING ADVECTED INTO AREA. WITH SOME SPOTTY SHWR ACTVTY ALREADY GOING ACRS PARTS OF NRN FA...STILL THINK WE MAY SEE SOME DVLPMT OVRNGT SO AM RELUCTANT TO CUT BACK ON POPS TOO MUCH. LTST SFC ANLYS SHWG CONV BNDRY ACRS NRN IND SO THINK THIS MAY BE WHERE THINGS GET GOING LATE THIS EVNG AND THEN DROP SE ACRS FA THRU THE OVRNGT HRS. WL CONT WITH HIGH POPS OVRNGT BUT XPCT BEST CHC FOR PCPN TO BE ACRS NK AND E PORTIONS OF FA WITH LESSER CHC ACRS SW WHR CAP SHUD BE A LTL STGR. PWS ALL THE WAY UP TO 1.76 INCHES ON THE EVNG SNDG SO IF STORMS DO GET GOING CUD SEE SOME LCLLY HVY RAIN. .ILN...NONE. LOTT
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 65 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:21 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down on the west and east side of Circleville.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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