1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 6, 10:25 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1125 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003 UPPER AIR MAP HAS ZONAL FLOW...WITH SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING RIDGE AXIS THROUGH OHIO. AS THE SURFACE RIDGE GRADUALLY MOVES EAST...SHORT WAVE APPROACHING ILN IN WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL ENHANCE SCATTERED TSRA DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. AIRMASS IS ALREADY UNSTABLE AT 11 AM WITH MOST UNSTABLE AREA FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA INTO KENTUCKY. CURRENT FORECAST LOOKS GOOD WITH SCATTERED POPS FOR TSRA...STRONG WITH HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. AFTER EXAMINING 12Z SOUNDING...HIGH TEMPS IN MID-UPPER 80S ALSO LOOK GOOD...SO NO UPDATE IS NEEDED NOW. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-061045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 453 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT OCCUR NORTH OF I-70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OSCILLATES OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIPTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
931 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM AVONDALE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 HAMILTON *** 2 DEAD ***
PORTION OF TREE SPLIT AND
FELLPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1001 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0825 PM RICHMOND IN WIND DAMAGE
07/05/03 WAYNE LARGE LIMBS AND POWER
LINES DOWN
0908 PM HAMILTON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/05/03 BUTLER TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNINZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-062130- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1222 PM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT... WARM AND UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY...WILL COMBINE WITH LEFTOVER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY EVENING TO FUEL ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE REGION BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. THEREFORE...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA IS INDICATING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. CLUSTERS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 58 MPH...HAIL...DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND TORRENTIAL RAIN. SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 104 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines across the central part of the county.
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