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 6, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 355 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 .SHORT TERM(TNGT-THU NGT)... MODELS HAVE COME INTO GOOD AGREEMENT IN BRINGING FRONT THROUGH AREA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. BEST CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION APPEARS TO BE LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO FORECAST LIKELY POPS OVERNIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEEMS SECONDARY TROUGH WILL CLEAR A BIT SLOWER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT. WITH 30 KNOT WIND FIELDS EXPECTED AT 850 MB TONIGHT THREAT FOR HIGH WINDS EXISTS. WILL ALSO MENTION HEAVY RAINFALL. WITH SECONDARY TROF MOVING SLOWER WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE RAIN THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING/NIGHT. HI PRESSURE BEGINS TO BUILD IN THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. WILL MAINTAIN TEMPERATURES CLOSE TO CURRENT FORECAST. && .LONG TERM(FRI-MON)... HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ON FRIDAY AND IT APPEARS THAT DRY WEATHER SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY AS THE GFS HAS SLOWED THE PROGRESSION OF AN APPROACHING FRONT. THEN...SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...THE BOUNDARY SAGS ACROSS THE AREA BEFORE PUSHING NORTH AGAIN ON TUESDAY...AND MAINTAINING CHANCE POPS SEEMS TO BE A PRUDENT CHOICE. NOT SURPRISINGLY...WITH THE GIVEN SCENARIO...GUIDANCE TEMPS HAVE INCREASED AGAIN THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE ...WITH MAINLY MID 80S FOR DAILY HIGHS SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... WITH WARM FRONT NORTH...AREA IS CAPPED AND MORE STABLE THAN SURROUNDING CWAS. STILL EXPECT ISOLATED TSRA TO SPROUT LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND HAVE CONTINUED TO COVER THIS WITH CB. BEST CHANCE FOR TSRA WILL BE LATE TONIGHT...AROUND 08Z...WHEN FRONT APPROACHES ACCOMPANIED BY LOW LEVEL JET. MUCH OF AREA IS UNDER MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE. SPECIAL 18Z SOUNDING SENT UP AS PER SPC REQUEST. CONDITIONS MAINLY VFR THROUGH FORECAST...EXCEPT MVFR WHERE TSRA OCCUR. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 430 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-070830- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 430 AM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TONIGHT. THE INTERACTION OF THIS FRONT WITH A WARM...MOIST AIRMASS WILL CAUSE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1226 PM EDT TUE JUL 06 2004
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1038 PM TORNADO 3 SW WEST MILTON 39.92N 84.37W
07/03/2004 F0 MIAMI OH NWS STORM SURVEY
THIS EVENT WAS ORIGINALLY REPORTED AS THUNDERSTORM WIND
DAMAGE IN THE LSR ISSUED 945 AM EDT SUNDAY JULY 4 2004.
NOTE THE CORRECTED EVENT TIME.
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BCINZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-062100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1238 PM EDT TUE JUL 6 2004 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE... A COLD FRONT IS APPROACHING THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY. THIS FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH A WARM...MOIST AND VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. DUE TO INCREASING INSTABILITY AND WINDS...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED WESTERN OHIO... SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...INCLUDING CENTRAL OHIO...CONTINUES TO BE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 118 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:07 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down along State Route 845.
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