2 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 Apr 17, 2:48 PM EST, 7 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 300 PM EDT WED APR 17 2002 THUNDERSTORMS HAVE FIRED UP THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WAVE WHICH IS MOVING THROUGH THE FA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. WILL KEEP MENTION OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EARLY. TOMORROW WILL SEE CONTINUED WARM TEMPERATURES AND GOOD INSTABILITY. HOWEVER...LITTLE FORCING TOMORROW SO WILL DROP MENTION OF SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS. NEXT MAJOR SYSTEM TO EFFECT FA WILL REACH AREA THURSDAY NIGHT/FRIDAY. SOME DIFFERENCE IN TIMING OF MODELS. WILL TREND TOWARD THE SLOWER MOVEMENT OF THE AVN AND BRING PRECIPITATION IN LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE IT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. USED A COMBINATION OF FWC/MAV TEMPERATURES. .ILN...NONE PARKER
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 66 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:55 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down throughout town.
Numerous trees, some up to one foot in diameter, were dropped across the northern Cincinnati suburbs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5292138, 5292139.