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 22, 2:23 PM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 323 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THERE IS SOME SCT TS ACTIVITY ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON ASSOCIATED WITH A S/W MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE FCST AREA...SOME PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. WBZ(S) ARE FAVORABLE FOR HAIL AROUND 9 KFT ALTHOUGH INSTABILITY IS MODEST. THE S/W IS PROGGED TO MOVE EAST OF THE AREA BY 06Z. ALSO...AS ONE WOULD EXPECT...INSTABILITY WILL REALLY FALL OFF AFTER THE DAYTIME HEATING. THIS CONSIDERED...WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS TONIGHT BUT WILL HIGHLIGHT BETTER EVENING CHANCE IN WORDING. WILL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS WEDNESDAY...AS UPPER TROF PERSISTS ACROSS THE AREA WITH LINGERING INSTABILITY. AGAIN...COVERAGE/ACTIVITY SHOULD DECREASE DIURNALLY. THE UPPER TROF FINALLY MOVES EAST OF THE FCST AREA BY LATE THURSDAY...BRINGING DRY WEATHER TO AT LEAST THE WEST. PER COLLABORATION...WILL LEAVE THE EAST DRY AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED AFTERNOON SHOWER SCENARIO IS CONCEIVABLE IN THE EAST WITH SOME BRIEF PVA TO AUGMENT BETTER LOW AND MID LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING THERE...AS INDICATED BY ETA SNDG PROFILES. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME MODEL DIFFERENCES ON EXTENDED...CONSENSUS IS THAT LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE AREA AND PROVIDES THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT CHANCE OF PCPN LATE SATURDAY. FROM THERE...WILL CARRY LOW CHANCE POPS THROUGH TUESDAY DUE TO VARIANCE OF NEXT LOW/BNDRY POSITIONS AT THIS POINT. .ILN...NONE.
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-221315- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 710 AM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL AFFECT THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY INTO TONIGHT. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0224 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 AM TROY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 MIAMI LARGE LIMBS DOWN
0802 AM 3 SE SIDNEY OH WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 SHELBY 1 TREE DOWN
0805 AM BROOKVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/21/03 MONTGOMERY LARGE LIMBS DOWN
BCPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
356 PM EDT TUE JUL 22 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0245 PM GROVEPORT OH WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 FRANKLIN SEVERAL TREES AND LIMBS
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0255 PM PICKERINGTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/22/03 FAIRFIELD NUMEROUS TREES AND
POWERLINES DOWNED. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
MDRThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several four to six inch diameter tree limbs were knocked down.
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