10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Jul 11, 1:07 PM EST, 5 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 207 PM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 .SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT/... SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS WARM FRONT FROM IOWA TO LAKE ERIE WITH BROAD SWLY FLOW OVER FORECAST AREA. KILN RADAR SHOWING A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF THE FA WITH MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF COLUMBUS. NAM...GFS AND ECMWF ALL IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH PROGRESSING THE UPPER TROF OVER THE UPPER MS VLY INTO GREAT LAKES/OHIO VALLEY BY WED NIGHT. AT THE SURFACE WARM FRONT IS PROGGED TO SLIDE A BIT FARTHER SOUTH TO NORTHERN OHIO/INDIANA. PROBLEM COMES THEN WITH HOW EACH MODEL HANDLES CONVECTION. GFS FOCUSES CONVECTION NEAR AND ALONG FRONT WITH THE NAM A BIT FARTHER SOUTH WHERE THE MODEL IS PROGGING BETTER INSTABILITY. FOR THE TIME BEING WILL GO WITH A COMPROMISE. NAM SUGGESTING MODERATE INSTABILITY IN SC OHIO AND NE KENTUCKY WHERE THE GFS IS A BIT FARTHER NORTH. HOWEVER...SEVER THREAT IS MARGINAL AS AIRMASS IS PRETTY WARM AND MOIST. WET BULB ZERO IS PROGGED TO BE AROUND 13 KFT AND 0-6 KM SHEAR IS AROUND 20 M/S. REGARDLESS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE COMMON THE 36 HOURS. WILL MONITOR CONVECTIVE TRENDS FOR FLOOD THREAT. MAV TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... FRONT STALLING NEAR THE OHIO RIVER WILL REQUIRE LIKELY POPS FOR THURSDAY MORNING DECREASING TO CHANCE BY AFTERNOON. EXPECT AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP IN HUMID SOUTHERLY FLOW FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. BRIEF DRYING MAY OCCUR ON MONDAY BEFORE A DEEPENING UPPER TROUGH BRINGS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN NEXT TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR TO SLIGHTLY ABOVE AVERAGE. THIS FORECAST IS SOMEWHAT COOLER THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE BECAUSE OF INCREASED CLOUD COVER AND PRECIPITATION. && .AVIATION /18Z-18Z/... SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDER WERE PRODUCING MAINLY MVFR WITH INTERMITTENT IFR VISIBILITIES AND CIGS AT KCVG...KLUK....KDAY AND KILN THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL MOVE INTO KCMH AND KLCK IMMINENTLY. FROM 20Z-23Z...AND INTO THE EVENING...THE PCPN WILL BECOME LESS CONTIGUOUS. OVERNIGHT...THE NAM AND GFS SHOW ANOTHER WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION 04Z-11Z. THEN...MORE SCATTERED CONVECTION WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD. SW WINDS WILL GENERALLY STAY AROUND 10 KT. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 525 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-120930- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-OHIO- SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN-GRANT- PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-HARDIN-MERCER-AUGLAIZE- DARKE-SHELBY-LOGAN-UNION OH-DELAWARE-MIAMI-CHAMPAIGN-CLARK- MADISON-FRANKLIN OH-LICKING-PREBLE-MONTGOMERY-GREENE-FAYETTE OH- PICKAWAY-FAIRFIELD-BUTLER-WARREN-CLINTON-ROSS-HOCKING-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 525 AM EDT TUE JUL 11 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO TODAY. THIS WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE REGION. WITH A WARM AND HUMID ATMOSPHERE IN PLACE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.
10 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado touched down in Franklin Township and moved northeast near the city of Carlisle, ending near State Route 123. Several homes and one business sustained minor damage. Numerous trees were uprooted and knocked down along the path of the tornado.
A tornado touched down near the Dayton Mall to the east of Miamisburg and was on the ground for just under a mile. The tornado caused minor damage to a strip mall, a carpet business, a restaurant and a municipal bus outlet. A few trees were downed along the track of the tornado as well.
A tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of Shamrock and Morrow-Cozzadale Roads. A metal shed sustained some damage, along with several large tree limbs being knocked down.
A mobile home and a pole barn sustained structural damage from straight line winds estimated at 70 mph.
A tornado briefly touched down in an open field to the east of Milford.
A tornado carved a path extending about a mile to the southwest of Goshen. Significant damage occurred near the intersection of State Routes 28 and 48. Numerous healthy trees, some to three feet in diameter, were uprooted and fell in various directions along the tornado path. In a nearby cemetery, tombstones were knocked down in different directions. Several homes in the vicinity of the cemetery sustained structural damage to roofs. The tornado produced F1 damage in this area. Additional damage occurred just outside of Goshen. A trailer was shifted a few inches off of its foundation along Deerfield Road. Two businesses sustained minor damage near Phoenix Drive and Snider Road. One of the businesses had a large door blown out with heavy inventory shifted inside the building. The second building sustained roof damage with some shingles removed. This damage just outside of Goshen was classified as F0.
A tornado touched down east of Rosedale, causing extensive damage to a barn. A nearby home sustained minor structural damage. Numerous trees were uprooted and downed.
A tornado intermittently touched down over a five mile long path in western Clinton County. Brief touchdowns took place near the intersection of US Route 22 and George Road, along US Route 22 a few miles west of Wilmington, the intersection of Hale and Nelson Roads, and the intersection of US Route 68 and Center Road. Two billboards and several large trees were knocked over along US Route 22, with some minor structural damage to a home.
A tornado briefly touched down in a field near the Interstate 71-US Route 68 interchange.
A tornado briefly touched down in a cornfield, causing some crop damage.
A tornado briefly touched down.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2006Every state in 2006This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 2006Warnings in Ohio, July 2006
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: 5523564, 5523511, 5523565, 5523567, 5523512, 5523559, 5523566, 5523560, 5523561, 5523562, 5523563.