5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
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 Aug 11, 2:40 PM EST, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 340 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF THE WEAK SFC BOUNDARY ACROSS MID CWA...WTH BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RUNNING NEAR/NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY. HAVE INCREASED PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR LATE AFTERNOON EARLY EVENING IN NW THIRD OF FA...THEN AM EXPECTING MUCH OF THE CONVECTION TO DIE DOWN ONCE DIURNAL HEATING IS LOST. GIVEN SOME LINGERING WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TONIGHT AS PER BOTH RUC AND GFS...HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE FOR ISOLATED TSTMS TONIGHT IN THE NORTH. GFS MORE CONSISTENT WTH THE BOUNDARY AND ITS ASSOCIATED INSTABILITY AND PRECIPITATION...BUT STILL EXPERIENCING CONVECTIVE FEEDBACK PROBLEMS TOWARD THE WEEKEND. AS BOUNDARY LIFTS NORTH TONIGHT...AREA BECOMES WARM SECTORED ON FRIDAY...WTH LOWER 90S TO NEAR MID 90S EXPECTED. MOST CONVECTION SHOULD REMAIN IN NORTHERN FA...CLOSER TO SFC BOUNDARY. SOUTH OF THE BOUNDARY...MUCH OF FORECAST AREA REMAINS CAPPED...SO HAVE KEPT ONLY MINIMAL PRECIP CHANCES SOUTH TO ABOUT THE OHIO RIVER. FOR FRI NIGHT AND SATURDAY...SFC FNT TAKES ITS TIME DRAGGING SOUTH THROUGH THE FA. AM KEEPING SOMEWHAT LOWER PRECIPITATION CHANCES THAN MAV AND ESPECIALLY ETA NUMBERS...SO STICKING TO HIGH CHANCE FOR SATURDAY. && .LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)... A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING EARLY IN THE PERIOD AND MOVE THROUGH MUCH OF THE AREA BY MONDAY MORNING. IT APPEARS THAT THE FRONT WILL THEN STALL NEAR THE FAR SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA AND SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK. THIS BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO LIFT NORTHWARD ON THURSDAY LEADING TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DIURNAL ACTIVITY ACROSS ALL ZONES. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 130 PM EDT THU AUG 11 2005) AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF BOUNDARY ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN OHIO...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST INDIANA. EXPECT TO SEE COVERAGE BECOME A LITTLE BETTER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS WITH CONTINUED DESTABILIZATION SO HAVE INCLUDED A VCTS FOR KCVG AND KLUK THROUGH 00Z. LEFT REMAINING TAF SITES DRY ALTHOUGH WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON PCPN MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA. IF IT HOLDS TOGETHER...IT MAY BRUSH NORTHERN TAF SITES LATER THIS AFTERNOON. HAVE GENERALLY STUCK WITH PERSISTENCE FOR BR OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND EXPECT TO SEE MVFR CONDITIONS WITH LOCAL IFR VSBYS TOWARD DAYBREAK. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 515 AM EDT THU AUG 11 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-120911- 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- 515 AM EDT THU AUG 11 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...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE FORECAST FOR THIS ENTIRE PERIOD. EACH DAY WILL BRING THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:04 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Numerous large trees were knocked down.
A 70 mph wind gust was recorded at Wright-Patterson AFB. Several trees were also downed just north of the base, on the north side of Fairborn.
A few trees were downed along US Route 40 between State Route 201 and State Route 202.
Numerous trees and large limbs were downed along Chambersburg and Harshaman Roads. One of the trees fell on two parked vehicles, causing minor damage. A chain link fence was pushed over at the Children's World Learning Center along Old Troy Pike.
Several trees were knocked down in a swath along Haddix Road east into the Holiday Valley subdivision. This was a possible microburst.
Numerous trees were downed across town as well. One of the trees fell on a garage and two on parked vehicles, causing minor damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 2005
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5468755, 5468759, 5468757, 5468758, 5468756, 5468760.