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 15, 9:20 AM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1020 AM EDT SAT JUN 15 2002 UPPER AIR PATTERN FEATURES NEGATIVELY TILTED TROF WITH AXIS OVER LAKE ERIE. TROF ALONG WITH VERTICALLY STACKED SFC LOW AND VORT MAX IS LIFTING NORTHEAST...WITH THE FLOW BECOMING MORE ZONAL ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY BY EVENING. CYCLONIC ROTATION OF THE SLOW MOVING SYSTEM IS EVIDENT ON SATELLITE. LIGHT SHOWERS HAVE EXITED CENTRAL OHIO. IT APPEARS WE WILL BE DRY UNTIL EVENING WHEN THE NEXT SHORT WAVE MAY BRING MORE SHOWERS. SATELLITE SHOWS MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVER CENTRAL OHIO. REST OF AREA HAS PARTLY CLOUDY CONDITIONS. WITH FEWER CLOUDS THAN PREVIOUSLY ANTICIPATED...ILL UPDATE TO GIVE DAYTON GROUP PARTLY CLOUDY FCST. ILL ALSO SPLIT OFF MERCER AND HARDIN COUNTIES FROM THE REST OF WEST CENTRAL GROUP SINCE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY WILL ALSO HAVE PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. TEMPS WILL ALSO NEED ADJUSTMENT. READINGS HAVE BEEN SLOW TO RISE THIS MORNING...AND 12Z ILN SOUNDING INDICATES HIGH OF 68. THEREFORE...ILL LOWER CENTRAL OHIOS HIGHS TO AROUND 70...AND OPEN UP A RANGE OF 70 TO 75 IN THE SOUTH. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 138 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:59 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A large limb fell on an automobile, causing extensive damage to the windshield.
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