12 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 20, 1:15 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 215 PM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... A COLD FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE REGION LATE TODAY INTO THE OVERNIGHT. WITH CAPES OVER 3000 J/KG AND SEVERAL OTHER PARAMETERS BEING QUITE IMPRESSIVE...SEVERE WX WILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. IN RESPONSE...SPC HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 PM EDT FOR THE FCST AREA. THE MAJOR THREAT WOULD BE DAMAGING WINDS ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL AND ROTATIONAL STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. FOR SUNDAY...A SECONDARY FRONT WILL PASS ACROSS THE AREA. GUIDANCE POPS ARE MINISCULE AND FCST SNDGS LOOK TOO DRY TO SUPPORT MEASURABLE PCPN SO WILL KEEP FCST DRY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. MAV GUIDANCE HIGH TEMPS LOOK SLIGHTLY HIGH...AS TEMPS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM THE LOW TO MID 80S. && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... HIGH PRESSURE WILL KEEP THE REGION DRY THROUGH MOST OF THE WEEK. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL EARLY IN THE WEEK AND GRADUALLY WARM UP THERE AFTER. LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS A COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING BY SATURDAY WHICH WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... CONVECTIVE LINE RAPIDLY DEVELOPING ACROSS INDIANA AND PUSHING EAST. HAVE TRIED TO TIME THIS INTO TERMINALS. HAVE INSERTED TEMPO GROUPS FOR ALL SITES...18-22Z FOR KDAY...19-23 FOR KCVG...KLUK AND KILN AND 20-24Z FOR KCMH AND KLCK. CONVECTIVE LINE MOVES THROUGH BY EVENING. WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE LINGERING...HAVE KEPT VFR VISIBILITIES FOR SUNDAY MORNING. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 540 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-210940- 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- 540 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN THE UNSTABLE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND THIS EVENING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1150 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-202200- 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- 1150 AM EDT SAT AUG 20 2005 A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY LATER TODAY. WITH WARM AND MUGGY CONDITIONS IN PLACE...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME EXTREMELY UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER. LISTEN FOR UPDATED FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. REVIEW SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES AND BE READY TO TAKE ACTION IF A WARNING IS ISSUED FOR YOUR LOCATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:28 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A circus tent at the county fair was blown over.
Several trees were knocked down, including one on a vehicle.
A few trees were downed along County Road 103 as well.
Trees and powerlines were downed.
Large limbs were downed.
Trees and power poles were knocked down.
A few trees and powerlines were downed.
Wind gusts were estimated near 60 mph near Exit 39 on Interstate 275. A tree fell on a parked vehicle in Glendale, causing minor damage.
A tree fell on a garage in Deerfield Township, causing minor damage.
Trees were downed.
Siding was peeled off a house in Miami Township. Powerlines were downed as well.
Powerlines were knocked down.
A few large limbs and powerlines were downed.
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: 5468849, 5468851, 5468853, 5468850, 5468852, 5468854, 5468855, 5468856, 5468859, 5468857, 5468858, 5468860, 5468861.