1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 19, 9:15 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1015 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 .SHORT TERM (TODAY)... WM FNTL BOUNDARY TO TAKE SHAPE OVER SRN CWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEST OF THE FCST AREA PROGGED TO MOVE IN. SFC LOW DEVELOPS ALONG OR JUST S OF BOUNDARY THIS EVENING AND GETS ADDED HELP SPINNING UP BY H5 LOW THAT TRACKS NW-SE AND SKIMS SRN FCST AREA. FOR THE AFTERNOON PERIOD...HAVE GENERALLY RAISED TEMPS TO THE EAST BY A FEW DEGREES TO THE MID AND UPPER 70S WITH THE THOUGHT PROCESSES OF THEM GETTING A BIT MORE SUN OVER THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND A LATER START TIME OF SHOWER ACTIVITY GETTING IN. ASIDE FROM THIS...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES ASIDE FROM INCREASED POPS WHERE SHOWER ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING. FRANKS && .AVIATION (12Z-12Z)... WARM FRONT SOUTHWEST OF FORECAST AREA EXTENDING FROM VI WESTWARD TO NRN KY THEN NORTHWEST TO THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER NORTHERN IA. WARM FRONT WILL DRIFT TO THE NORTHEAST AS THE NEXT STORM SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST NORTHWEST. BY EARLY AFTERNOON WARM FRONT MOVES INTO SOUTHWEST OHIO AND BEGINS TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BECOME STATIONARY BEFORE RETURNING BACK TO THE SOUTH. CLOUDS WILL INCREASE AND LOWER THROUGHOUT THE MORNING LOWERING TO 5,000 FEET. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BEGIN DEVELOPING LATE THIS MORNING AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOMING WIDESPREAD BY MID AFTERNOON. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING BRINGING AN END TO THE THUNDERSTORMS HOWEVER SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT. VSBY IN THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MVFR WITH BRF IFR WHILE CEILINGS WILL GENERALLY BE VFR. LATER THIS EVENING VSBYS WILL LOWER TO MVFR IN FOG AND SHOWERS AND CEILINGS WILL LOWER TO BETWEEN 600 AND 1,500 FEET. SFC WINDS WILL VEER FROM SE TO SW THIS AFTERNOON TO NW THROUGH NE THIS EVENING. IN CENTRAL OHIO WINDS WILL BACK FROM SE TO NE THIS EVENING SPEED WILL BE 8 TO 15KT. HAYDU && .PREVIOUS DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 330 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005) SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... CLOUDS ON THE INCREASE ACROSS FA THIS MORNING WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN COVERAGE OFF TO OUR NORTHWEST ACROSS NORTHERN ILLINOIS. UPPER LEVEL LOW CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL SLIDE SLOWLY SOUTH SOUTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. ASSOCIATED SURFACE LOW ALSO FORECAST TO DROP DOWN INTO TENNESSEE VALLEY THROUGH FRIDAY. AS IT DOES...STATIONARY BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN DRAPED ACROSS THE AREA TODAY BEFORE BEGINNING TO PUSH SOUTH OF AREA TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. BOUNDARY SHOULD SERVE AS A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION AS WE HEAD INTO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL LIFT PROVIDED BY MID LEVEL SHORT WAVE DROPPING DOWN FROM THE NORTHWEST. EXPECT CHANCE FOR PCPN TO INCREASE FROM THE WEST THROUGH LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL THEN GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. CAPES FORECAST TO CLIMB UP AROUND 1000 J/KG THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS MOST OF FA GOES INTO THE WARM SECTOR. WIND FIELDS ON FORECAST SOUNDINGS APPEAR SOMEWHAT MARGINAL FOR SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTERNOON BUT WITH BOUNDARY ACROSS AREA AND FAIRLY DYNAMIC SYSTEM...WILL CONTINUE WITH MENTION OF A FEW POSSIBLE SEVERE STORMS. AS BOUNDARY PUSHES SOUTH OVERNIGHT...SURFACE AND ELEVATED INSTABILITY BEGINS TO DECREASE FROM THE NORTH SO WILL TAPER THINGS BACK TO JUST SHOWERS IN THE NORTH OVERNIGHT. WILL HOWEVER HANG ON TO A LOW CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE SOUTH THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING WITH BOUNDARY LINGERING JUST TO OUR SOUTH THROUGH 18Z FRIDAY. GOOD DRYING THEN WORKS ITS WAY INTO OUR AREA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DOWN FROM THE NORTH. EXPECT MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES FRIDAY NIGHT WITH MOSTLY SUNNY ON SATURDAY. JGL (ISSUED 333 PM EDT WED MAY 18 2005) LONG TERM (FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY)... AFTER EARLY PRECIP FOR FRIDAY WTH FRONTAL PASSAGE...LINGERING CLOUDS AND COOLING TEMPS BEFORE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN LATE FRIDAY THROUGH LATE SUNDAY. HIGH THEN GETS SQUEEZED EAST BY S/WV RUNNING THROUGH THE UPR GREAT LAKES. GFS IS NOW A LTL CLOSER TO ECMWF WTH TIMING OF S/WV ON MONDAY. INTO NEXT WEEK...ADDITIONAL SHORT WAVES RUN THROUGH BY WED...KEEPING BELOW NORMAL TEMPS THROUGH PERIOD. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 450 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-200850- 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- 450 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WIND AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1155 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-192154- 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- 1155 AM EDT THU MAY 19 2005 SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AS THESE STORMS FOCUS ON A WARM FRONT THAT IS MOVING NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. SHOWERS BEHIND THE WARM FRONT WILL BE MORE SCATTERED...BUT HAVE A GREATER POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE. THE BEST THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FOCUSED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...AND IN THE SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY SOUTH OF COLUMBUS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER ALL HAZARDS RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 83 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:16 UTC.
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several 100 year old trees were twisted, with numerous other trees stripped of their bark. The roof of a barn was ripped off and carried 0.5 miles to the east.
Trees were knocked down.
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