1 tornado, 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 3, 8:35 PM EST, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 935 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING)... BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING THE FAR WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH CELLS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST. SEVERAL OTHER BANDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ROTATING AROUND THE UPPER LOW IN ILLINOIS. COULD SEE SOME OF THIS AFFECT WESTERN ZONES AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. THEN AS THE LOW OPENS UP THE PRECIPITATION WILL PUSH EASTWARD ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LATE TONIGHT THROUGH THE MORNING. FORECAST SEEMS TO HAVE THIS DEPICTED WELL. JUST MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO GRIDS TO BLEND IN LATEST OBSERVATIONS. NO CHANGE TO TEXT PRODUCTS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 730 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 AVIATION (00Z-24Z)... GENERALLY VFR CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF ISOLATED CONVECTION. EXPECT LINE OF STORMS PIVOTING THROUGH INDIANA TO WEAKEN AS IT CONTINUES EAST. BUT STILL TIMED PRECIPITATION THROUGH WESTERN TAF SITES THIS EVENING. COULD BE A FEW ISOLATED CELLS AFTER THEN ALTHOUGH MAIN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATER TONIGHT AHEAD OF SHORT WAVE PIVOTING NORTHEAST. AFTER PRECIPITATION ENDS IT APPEARS THAT LINGERING MOISTURE WILL RESULT IN MVFR CEILINGS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING WITH CLOUDS DECREASING IN COVERAGE AND INCREASING IN HEIGHT DURING THE AFTERNOON. THERE SHOULD ALSO BE SOME GUSTY WINDS DURING THE DAY AS SINKING MOTION BEHIND THE SHORT WAVE RESULTS IN DOWNWARD MOMENTUM TRANSPORT. THE FOLLOWING WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED AT 245 PM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 SHORT TERM(TONIGHT THRU MON NIGHT)... GFS AND ETA ARE IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT ON TIMING OF SYSTEM APPROACHING ILN AREA FROM CENTRAL PLAINS OVER THE NEXT 30 HOURS OR SO. AFTER SUN NIGHT...GFS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK...SO WHILE TIMING OF VORTS LOOK TO BE OK...INTENSITY OUT OF WHACK. FOR THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING...WEAK WARM FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH THROUGH AREA...ALLOWING HIER SFC BASED CAPES TO AFFECT ESPECIALLY SOUTHERN FA. DYNAMICS AND WIND FIELD REMAIN WEAK UNTIL APPROACH OF MAIN SYSTEM FROM IL/IN. SYSTEM MOVES INTO FA NEAR/AFTER SUNSET...SO WHILE BOTH GFS/ETA HAVE SOME NEGATIVE TILT TO UPPER LOW...WEAKENING INSTABILITY AND LOW LVL CONVERGENCE REDUCES CHANCE OF SEVERE THREAT. FOR SUNDAY...BEST CHANCE FOR TRW WILL BE BEFORE NOON..ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST...WTH DECREASING CHANCE DURING THE DAY. A BREAK IN PRECIP FOR SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH CONTINUED CHC FOR PRECIPITATION ON MONDAY AS WARM FRONT ASSOCIATED WITH LOW OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH ACROSS AREA. MAIN CHANGE TO PREVIOUS FORECAST WILL BE MONDAY NIGHT AS WARM FRONT CONTINUES TO LIFT NORTH. GUIDANCE TEMPS SEEM REASONABLE...SO FEW DEVIATIONS HERE. DIAN-REED LONG TERM(TUE THRU SUN)... GENERALLY FOLLOWED THE 00Z GFS SOLUTION...WHICH WAS SIMILAR TO THE ECMWF AND UKMET. ADDED CHANCE OF PCPN IN MOST LOCATIONS EARLY TUESDAY AS GFS HAD A WARM FRONT RUNNING FROM NR IND-CVG-BKW AT 12Z. THE WARM FRONT SLOWLY LIFTS NORTH DURING THE DAY...SO I SPREAD THE POPS NORTH WITH IT. ON WEDNESDAY...A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THE FA. WILL UP POPS TO LIKELY WITH THE FRONT. GFS IS A LITTLE SLOWER THAN BOTH THE ECMWF AND UKMET AT BOTH THE SURFACE AND H5. WILL FOLLOW THE QUICKER SOLUTION THUS WILL NOT CARRY AS MUCH POPS IN THE NW AS GFS WOULD SUGGEST FOR WED NIGHT. HIGH PRESSURE THU INTO FRI. FEEL THAT THE GFS IS BRINGING QPF BACK INTO THE WESTERN PART OF THE FA TOO QUICK ON FRIDAY. WILL LEAVE FRI DRY FOR NOW. NEXT FRONT PUSHES IN THE GREAT LAKES AND LOWER OHIO VALLEY SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. WILL ADD LOW CHANCE POPS FRIDAY NIGHT TO THE WEST...THEN FOR THE ENTIRE FA SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. MEX MOS TEMPERATURES LOOKED GOOD...SO DIDNT DEVIATE TOO FAR. SITES && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 501 AM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-040900- 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- 501 AM EDT SAT JUL 3 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:39 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado briefly touched down, causing severe damage to a house with its front porch ripped away from the frame. Aluminum siding and much of the roof was peeled off the house. Five trees were uprooted.
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