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 20, 3:27 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 427 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT)... SCATTERED CONVECTION RESTRICTED PRIMARILY TO THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE ILN FA AT THE MOMENT. AXIS OF SURFACE CONVERGENCE ALONG WITH BOUNDARY LAYER CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 2000 J/KG HAS ALLOWED STORMS TO INITIATE. PWAT VALUES AROUND 2.0 INCHES INDICATE ISLOATED FLOODING A POSSIBILITY INTO THIS EVENING. NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION THAT MAY IMPACT THE ILN AREA CURRENTLY MOVING EAST INTO NW IN. THIS CONVECTION CURRENTLY MOVING INTO MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS. ALTHOUGH IT HAS MOVED AWAY FROM ITS SOURCE REGION...THERE WILL REMAIN SOME LOWER TO MID-LEVEL FORCING THAT THIS MCS WILL BE SUPPORTED BY. EXPECT SOME OF THIS CONVECTION TO IMPACT THE NW PORTION OF OUR FA LATER THIS EVENING. IT SHOULD HOLD SOMEWHAT TOGETHER AS IT MOVES ESE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUS SLT CHC POPS HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED FOR THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AFFECTING MOST OF OUR FA. FORECAST FOR TOMORROW RATHER COMPLICATED AS TROUGH/FRONTAL BDRY SHOULD SLIDE SLOWLY ACROSS THE FA...POSSIBLY LINGERING ACROSS OUR SOUTHER SECTIONS INTO THE EVENING. HAVE NOT STRAYED FAR FROM MOS GUIDANCE FOR NEXT SEVERAL PERIODS. && .LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... UPPER PATTERN IS TRANSITIONING TO NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WITH STRONG UPPER HIGH BUILDING INTO OUR SOUTH. THIS PUTS THE FORECAST AREA INTO A VERY WARM AND STICKY PATTERN WITH PERIODIC SHOTS OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. TEMPERATURES WILL AVERAGE ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS NOT FALLING BELOW 70 AT TIMES. THE STICKIEST AND HOTTEST DAYS LOOK LIKE SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS 500 HEIGHTS GO ABOVE 590 DM. CONVECTION WILL BE HARD TO TIME AS IT WILL BE BOTH NOCTURNAL AND DIURNALLY DRIVEN...DEPENDING ON THE TIMING OF THE WEAK PERTURBATIONS WORKING DOWN IN THE NORTHWESTERLY FLOW. TIPTON && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... CONVECTION HAS FORMED ALONG STATIONARY BOUNDARY ACROSS THE SOUTH FA...WHICH WAS ALSO ALONG THE DIFFERENTIAL HEATING EDGE OF MORNING FOG. EXPECT THIS EARLY ROUND OF CONVECTION TO TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET. MODELS THEN SWING H5 S/W INTO THE FA LATE TONIGHT INTO THU. MODELS DIFFER ON STRENGTH OF CONVECTION. GFS HAS BACKED OFF FROM ITS 06Z MCS WHICH PRODUCED OVER 4 INCHES OF QPF IN INDIANA...BUT STILL BRINGS IN A NICE BULLSEYE OVER THE NORTH. THE NAM MEANWHILE WASHES OUT THE QPF...WHILE STILL BRINGING THE S/W AND 700MB OMEGA IN. ACTUALLY PREFER THE NGM SOLUTION...WHICH SWINGS QPF IN AFTER 06Z...THEN IS THROUGH THE FA BY 18Z. SITES && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 521 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-210920- 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- 521 AM EDT WED JUL 20 2005 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...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
350 PM EDT WED JUL 20 2005
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0340 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 E WARSAW 38.79N 84.86W
07/20/2005 GALLATIN KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES DOWNED ON ROUTE 42 BETWEEN WARSAW AND ROUTE 127.
POWERLINES DOWN. A TREE FELL ON A HOUSE.
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JFThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:29 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several homes and barns along Legion Road had structural damage. Patio furniture was strewn from a few homes. Numerous trees were also downed. This may have been a microburst.
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