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 5, 2:15 PM EST, 3 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 PM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 .SHORT TERM(TNGT-WED NGT)... AS STRONGEST CONVECTION OVER IN/WRN KY FOLLOWS ALONG AREA OF LOW LVL CONVERGENCE BELOW 700 RIDGE...ALL BUT NRN AND FAR SRN ILN FA SHOULD REMAIN FREE OF CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT UNTIL NEAR/AFTER 00Z WHEN H7 RDG BREAKS DOWN AND SFC FRONT SAGS OVR FA. WILL BUMP UP CHANCE FOR PRECIP THROUGH SUNSET IN NORTHERN THIRD...THEN DROP CHC PRECIP BACK A BIT IN CNTRL OHIO AFTER SUNSET WITH LOSS OF INSTABILITY. QUESTION AFTER 00Z IS HOW FAR SOUTH FRONT WILL SINK OVERNIGHT BEFORE LIFTING BACK NORTH. WITH LOSS OF INSTABILITY OVERNIGHT...BEST CHC FOR OVERNIGHT CONVECTION WILL BE IN NORTHERN AND WESTERN FA ALONG BOUNDARY. TUE LOOKS TO BE A MORE ACTIVE DAY AS FA GETS INTO WARM SECTOR WITH NORTHWARD PUSH OF FRONT. 25KT 925 JET AND CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG...THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS IS MOST LIKELY. BOTH 12Z GFS AND ETA HAVE SPED UP FRONTAL PASSAGE ON WEDNESDAY...SO THAT ALL OF FA SHOULD BE FREE OF PRECIP AFTER 18Z WED. ETA AGAIN HAS BETTER HANDLE ON SFC CONDITIONS...AND WHILE INITIAL 48H SIMILAR...AM LEANING MORE WITH THE MORE CONSISTENT ETA. ONLY BIG CHANGE TO TEMPS WILL BE WITH ON WEDNESDAY WITH QUICKER PASSAGE OF FRONT. JDR && .LONG TERM(THU-MON)... LONG TERM MODELS SEEM TO BE IN FAIR AGREEMENT. HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ON THURSDAY AND IT APPEARS THAT DRY WEATHER SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY. ON SUNDAY...A FRONT APPROACHES AND THEN PASSES ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY...BRINGING CHANCE POPS. GUIDANCE TEMPS HAVE INCREASED A BIT THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THIS LOOKS REASONABLE WITH THE GIVEN SCENARIO...WITH MAINLY MID 80S FOR DAILY HIGHS BY SATURDAY. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... WITH WEAK CAPPING RIDGE OVERHEAD...GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH 00Z. WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA MAY POP UP THIS AFTERNOON AS THE CAP BREAKS DOWN...SO WILL KEEP MENTION OF CB AT CVG AND LUK. WILL ADD CB AT CMH WHERE TAIL OF TOWERING CUMULUS IS APPROACHING. THOUGH CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN VFR...FRONT WITH LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE LIFTING NORTH TONIGHT WILL WARRANT CB AGAIN 02-06Z. EXPECT DRY WEATHER 06Z-18Z TUESDAY WITH AREA IN WARM SECTOR. LOW LEVEL WINDS SHOULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT FOG FORMATION LATE TONIGHT. && && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ045-046-051>056-060>065- 070>074-077>082-088-060914- ADAMS OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH-CAMPBELL KY- CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH-DEARBORN IN- DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN-FRANKLIN OH- FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH-HIGHLAND OH- HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY- MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH-OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH- PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN-ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH- SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH-UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 530 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL THEN LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON TUESDAY. OHZ026-034-035-042>044-060914- AUGLAIZE OH-DARKE OH-HARDIN OH-LOGAN OH-MERCER OH-SHELBY OH- 530 AM EDT MON JUL 5 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND PARTS OF THE NORTHERN MIAMI VALLEY. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY ALSO BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED ON TUESDAY.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 61 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A few five-inch diameter tree limbs were downed along State Route 56.
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