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 May 28, 2:32 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 332 PM EDT SAT MAY 28 2005 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT)... SFC TROF MOVNG THRU CNTRL/SO CNTRL OH ATTM. COMBINED WITH WEAK LO LVL CONV AND MID LVL S/WV...HAVE SEEN TSTMS ERUPT ACRS MUCH OF FCST AREA. MOST CONCENTRATED ACTIVITY LOCATED AHEAD OF SFC TROF FROM NR CMH METRO SOUTH INTO ROSS/PIKE COS. HAVE SEEN STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS THIS AFTN. TEMPS WERE IN THE 60S TO L70S. TROF WILL PUSH EAST OF FCST AREA OVER NEXT 2-4 HOURS...WITH MUCH OF THE BEST LIFT ALSO SHIFTING EAST. RESULT WILL BE A GRADUAL DECREASE IN PCPN INTO ERLY EVNG HOURS...WITH PCPN DISSIPATING WITH ONSET OF LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING ONCE SUN SETS. BROAD UPR LO WILL CONTINUE TO SPIN ACRS CNTRL GRT LKS AS WEAK S/WV TRAVERSE BASE OF UPR LO. FIRST WEAK S/WV WILL PASS THRU NRN INDIANA/OHIO LATE TONIGHT...BUT LACK OF MOISTURE AND LIFT SHOULD KEEP LITTLE IF ANY PCPN FROM DVLPG. HAVE THUS GONE WITH DRY FCST AND PTLY CLDY SKIES OVERNIGHT. WEAK MID LVL RIDGING BEGINS TO BUILD INTO OH VLY ON SUN AS FIRST PIECE OF BROAD UPR LO PUSHS EAST INTO WESTERN NY. WARMER MID LVL AIR WILL GET PULLED NORTH INTO REGION AS RIDGE ESTABLISHES. 500 MB TEMPS WILL WARM TO -16/-15C BY LATE AFTN. WARMER MID LVL AIR SHOWING UP NICELY ON MODEL SOUNDINGS...WHICH INDICATES THE DVLPMNT OF A MID LVL CAP BTWN 10 AND 12KFT DURING AFTN HOURS. THIS SHOULD KEEP A LID ON ANY CONVECTION...AND HAVE GONE WITH A DRY FCST FOR SUN. MODEL DIFF BEGIN TO SHOW FOR SUN NIGHT AS INV TROF DVLPS AHEAD OF BACK SIDE OF UPR LO IN WESTERN GRT LKS/MID MISSISSIPPI VLY. 12Z NAM EXTREMELY AGGRESSIVE IN DEEPENING UPR LO AND CONSEQUENTLY SPINNING UP SFC LO TO NW OF FCST AREA. 12Z GFS AND OTHER MODELS ALL MAINTAINING WEAKER UPR PATTERN AND SFC LO. HAVE THUS TRENDED TOWARDS WEAKER CONSENSUS SOLN FOR SUN NIGHT/ERLY MON. EXPECT TSTMS TO DVLP ACRS NRN ILLINOIS/INDIANA LATE SUN NIGHT AS IN AREA OF LO LVL CONV AND FAVORABLE 250 UPR JET LOCATION. THESE STORMS SHOULD MIGRATE TOWARDS WEST CNTRL OH TOWARDS DAWN MON...AND HAVE THUS BROUGHT A SLOW INCREASE IN POPS INTO NW 1/2 FCST AREA BTWN 06Z AND 12Z MON. TEMPS...KEPT TEMPS RELATIVELY CLOSE TO PREV FCST. 1000-850M THICKNESSES SUPPORTING WARMER MET GUID FOR SUNDAY HIGHS AND HAVE TRENDED TOWARDS. RYAN && .LONG TERM (MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY)... ELONGATED UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE FROM THE GREAT LAKES THRU THE NE TO BEGIN THE FCST PERIOD. MODEL SOLNS HAVE TRENDED DEEPER BUT THE ETA IS THE OUTLIER BEING THE DEEPEST. THEREFORE IT SPINS UP A DEEP SFC WAVE WHICH TRACKS NE THRU THE OH VLY MON/MON NIGHT. PREFER THE GFS SOLN. HAVE CHC POPS MON AND MON NIGHT AND THEN DIMINISHING ON TUE AS UPPER LOW SHIFTS EWD. MORE NWRLY FLO AND SFC RDGG TO DOMINATE PROVIDING DRY COND WED/THU AND INTO FRI. MODELS HAVE TRENDED FARTHER SE WITH THURSDAY SYSTEM. HAVE MAINTAINED A DRY FCST UNTIL FRI AFTN THEN ONLY HAVE SLIGHT CHC. IN ZONAL FLO PROGRESSIVE WAVE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA FRI NIGHT INTO SAT...SO HAVE CHC POPS FOR THIS TIME FRAME. GENERALLY HAVE GONE A DEG OR TWO COOLER THAN MEX GUID WITH HI/S AND CLOSE TO GUID LOWS. && .AVIATION (18Z-18Z)... CU HAS DEVELOPED AT TAF SITES THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION. AS WE GO THROUGH TONIGHT AND SUNDAY WILL SEE LESS SUPPORT FOR CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY. CIGS AND VSBYS SHOULD REMAIN VFR EXCEPT IN THUNDERSTORMS/SHOWERS. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 457 AM EDT SAT MAY 28 2005 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-290856- 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- 457 AM EDT SAT MAY 28 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...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SITES
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:47 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Fifteen trees were downed in a 100 yard by 50 yard swath on Limerick Road. This was possibly a downburst.
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