2 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 Aug 5, 2:52 PM EST, 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 352 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT)... SURFACE ANALYSIS IS A BIT COMPLEX WITH A BROAD DIFFUSE FRONT OVER FA. IT APPEARS THE WIND SHIFT WITH THE COLD FRONT IS SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER. HOWEVER...THE TD GRADIENT IS ALONG THE NORTHERN FORECAST BORDER. KILN RADAR SHOWS SCATTERED CONVECTION SOUTH OF I-70 WITH SOME LIGHT STRATIFORM RAIN NORTH OF I-70 AND INTO EASTERN INDIANA. NAM AND GFS ARE IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT WITH KEEPING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER FA WITH WIND SHIFT LINE SOUTH OF OHIO RIVER. FIRST IMPRESSION WAS TO LEAVE FORECAST DRY WITH NO SYNOPTIC LIFT AND WIND SHIFT LINE TO THE SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA. BUT WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE RESULTING IN 1000 TO 2000 J/KG OVER FORECAST AREA AND A WEAK WAVE DEPICTED ON THE NAM HAVE ADDED A 20 POP IN ACROSS THE SOUTH. SIMILAR THINKING WAS USED FOR SUNDAY. HOWEVER, THE WIND SHIFT BEGINS TO WORK NORTH INTO OHIO RIVER. MAV TEMPS LOOK OK. MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO HIGHS ON SATURDAY FOR A LITTLE BETTER SUNSHINE THAN THE MAV EXPECTS AND WARMED OVERNIGHT LOWS WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE HANGING AROUND. TIPTON && .LONG TERM (SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)... FOR SUNDAY DURING THE DAY...PREFER DRIER NAM SOLUTION. SO HAVE KEPT 20 POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH DURING THE DAY. THE GFS IS QUICKER WITH RETURNING PRECIPITATION TO THE CWA AND HAS A VORT PUSHING NORTH SUNDAY. HAVE GRADUALLY INCREASED POPS INTO MONDAY MORNING FOR ENTIRE CWA. AFTER SUNDAY...HAVE NOT CHANGED MUCH FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. GFS STILL DEVELOPING A MID LEVEL TROUGH ACROSS THE REGION MIDWEEK. HAVE MAINLY STUCK WITH DIURNAL POPS AND CLOUD COVER EXPECT ON TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS THE GFSLR ROTATES A STRONGER VORT THROUGH THE TROUGH. HAVE STAYED NEAR OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR TEMPS. && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSIONS... THE FOLLOWING WAS ISSUED AT 134 PM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... FRNTL BNDRY ACRS REGION ATTM. FEW AREAS OF -SHRA ALONG AND NORTH OF FRNTL BNDRY...CURRENTLY AFFECTING NRN TAF SITES (KDAY/KCMH/KLCK). IMPRESSIVE TSTM CLUSTER MOVING ACRS SE INDIANA APPEARS DESTINED TO AFFECT KCVG AND KLUK BY 1830-19Z TIME FRAME. HAVE PLACED PREVAILING VCSH IN AT BOTH KCVG/KLUK/KILN WITH TEMPO -TSRA THRU 22Z TO ACCOUNT FOR APPCHG CONVECTION. AT THIS POINT...LOOKS LIKE THESE STORMS WOULD STAY SOUTH AND WEST OF KILN...BUT MAY SEE THESE STORMS DVLP A LITTLE FURTHER TO NORTH AND EAST AS AFTN PROGRESSES. FURTHER NORTH...ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN WORKED OVER PRETTY GOOD FROM MORNING CONVECTION SO NOT EXPECTING ANY THUNDER. WILL KEEP VCSH INTO ERLY EVNG TO ACCOUNT FOR WDLY SCT -SHRA. FRNTL BNDRY LOOKS TO WASH OUT SOMEWHERE ALONG/JUST SOUTH OF OHIO RIVER OVERNIGHT. PREDOMINANT AC DECK ACRS REGION LIKELY TO HANG THRU THE NIGHT AT ALL TAF SITES. ALL TAF SITES HAVE DEALT WITH MVFR HZ TO SOME EXTENT OVER LAST FEW HOURS...AND WITH FRNTL BNDRY REMAINING IN THE AREA...EXPECT VSBYS TO REMAIN IN THE 3-5SM RANGE AT KCVG/KLUK/KILN THRU TAF FCST PERIOD. THINK ENUF DRY AIR WILL WORK INTO DAYTON/CMH METRO AREAS TO ALLOW A BRIEF RETURN TO VFR VSBYS FOR LATE AFTN/EVNG BEFORE DROPPING BACK TO MVFR. CANNOT RULE OUT A COUPLE ISOLD -SHRA OVERNIGHT IN CVG AREA INVOF FRNTL BNDRY. WILL LEAVE OUT OF KCVG/KLUK TAFS ATTM AS COVERAGE SHOULD REMAIN VERY SPOTTY. OTHER THAN SOME LINGERING MVFR HZ IN CVG AREA SAT MRNG...CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR. RYAN && .ILN...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 501 AM EDT FRI AUG 5 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-060900- 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 FRI AUG 5 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...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SITES
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 38 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:15 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tree and two large limbs were knocked down.
Several trees and powerlines were downed.
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