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 May 25, 4:35 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 535 PM EDT SAT MAY 25 2002 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOOKS PRETTY SOLID...SO WILL UP POPS TO 100. REST OF FORECAST LOOKING GOOD. ILN...NONE. SITES
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:25 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large limbs were downed at the Richmond Mall.
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