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 30, 2:10 PM EST, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 310 PM EDT THU MAY 30 2002 AREA UNDER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH TROF AXIS AND ASSOCIATED SHORT WAVE JUST TO OUR WEST. TROF AXIS WILL CROSS OUR AREA BY FRIDAY MORNING...WITH A NORTHWEST FLOW FOLLOWING THE TROF. SHORT WAVES MOVING DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INFLUENCE OUR WEATHER ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. SFC MAP CURRENTLY HAS RIDGE OVER OUR CWA...WITH WARM HUMID SOUTHWEST FLOW EVIDENT. RIDGE WILL BE PUSHED OUT LATE TONIGHT WIHT THE APPROACH OF A WEAK COLD FRONT THAT WILL FOLLOW THE UPPER TROF AXIS. FRONTS MOVEMENT WILL SLOW ON FRIDAY AS IT BECOMES ORIENTED MORE PARALLEL TO THE UPPER FLOW. FRONT WILL BE FOLLOWED BRIEFLY BY HIGH PRESSURE ON FRIDAY NIGHT...BEFORE ANOTHER EAST/WEST ORIENTED FRONT APPROACHES ON SATURDAY. MODELS ARE IN GENERAL AGREEMENT WITH MAJOR MAP FEATURES. PREVIOUS FCST LOOKS GOOD THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. TONIGHTS TSRA SHOULD END BY MIDNIGHT AS EASTWARD MOVEMENT OF TROF AXIS/SHORT WAVE WILL END OUR UPPER SUPPORT BY LATE TONIGHT. SFC FRONTAL CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH PERSISTENT INSTABILITY WILL STILL WARRANT HIGH CHANCE POPS ON FRIDAY...CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY NIGHT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. DRIER AIR WILL BRIEFLY ACCOMPANY HIGH PRESSURE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY. WITH ANOTHER FRONT APPROACHING IN THE PRESENCE OF PVA AND INSTABILITY AGAIN...ILL INTRODUCE 30 POPS FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON. FWC TEMPS LOOK ACCEPTABLE FOR MOST OF THE FCST PERIOD. ILL UNDERCUT FWC A BIT ON SATURDAY WITH 1000-850 THICKNESS PROGGED TO BE LOWER THAN ON FRIDAY...AND CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAVE TODAY (1410M). EXTENDED: WITH FAVORABLE SFC CONVERGENCE...INSTABILITY...AND FREQUENT SHORT WAVE SUPPORT...MOIST WX IS EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT WEDNESDAY. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 95 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:28 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Twelve large trees measuring one to two feet in diameter, were knocked down in the Hilltop area.
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