Ohio, 2006

Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 30, 2006

July 30, 2006 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

What forecasters said that day

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 30, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 1:50 PM EST, 3 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
250 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006

.SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT/...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 680 CONTINUES THROUGH 8 PM EDT
THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAKING SLOW PROGRESS EAST AND SOUTH
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL KEEP CHANCE TO SLIGHT CHANCE IN NORTH
PART OF FORECAST AREA WHERE THREAT WILL BE GREATEST FROM ONGOING
PRECIPITATION. ALSO BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN
THIS AREA. OTHER FORECAST QUESTION IS HEAT INDEX AND THE NEED FOR
ADVISORY/WARNING. MODELS CONTINUE TO  INDICATE HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
BUILDING OVER OHIO VALLEY MONDAY AND TUESDAY. HIGH TEMPERATURES IN
THE MID 90S AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL
RESULT IN HEAT INDICES OVER 100 BOTH DAYS. WILL ISSUE HEAT WARNING
FOR MONTGOMERY AND HAMILTON COUNTIES AND HEAT ADVISORY FOR REMAINDER
OF COUNTIES FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY. WILL MAINTAIN DRY FORECAST
MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. MAV HAS BEEN OVER FORECASTING
TEMPERATURES AND WILL FORECAST LOWER THAN MAV GUIDANCE.

&&

.LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/...
MODELS CONTINUING TO TREND SLOWER WITH FRONTAL BOUNDARY FOR MID
WEEK WITH TIMING NOW SUGGESTING THAT IT WILL PUSH THROUGH OUR CWA
THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH MID LEVEL RIDGING STILL ACROSS
AREA ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT TO SEE TEMPS AGAIN UP INTO THE LOWER TO
POSSIBLY MID 90S. WILL BRING IN A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
NORTH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AHEAD OF FRONT AND THEN SPREAD THE CHANCE
SOUTH ACROSS REMAINDER FA THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. GIVEN SLOWER
TIMING OF FRONT...WILL ALSO ADJUST UP TEMPS FOR THURSDAY...
PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE SOUTH WHERE CLOUDS/PRECIPITATION WILL BE
LAST TO ARRIVE. MODELS ARE ALSO NOT PUSHING FRONT AS FAR SOUTH OF
OUR AREA SO WILL HAVE TO HANG ON TO A CHANCE ACROSS THE SOUTH ON
INTO FRIDAY BEFORE TRYING TO DRY THINGS OUT FOR THE WEEKEND.
&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...
 /ISSUED AT 141 PM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006/

AVIATION /18Z-18Z/...
AREA IS UNDER A HUMID...STAGNANT AIRMASS WITH LIGHT WINDS AND
COPIOUS LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. EXPECT FLIGHT CONDITIONS TO BE VFR
DURING DAYTIME...WITH FOG AT NIGHT REDUCING VISIBILITIES AS LOW AS
LIFR AT ILN. CONVECTION SHOULD BE CONFINED TO CMH AND LCK THIS
EVENING. DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF OCCURRENCE AND TIMING...WENT WITH
CUMULONIMBUS FOR NOW.
&&

.ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
OH...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING FOR OHZ061-077 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM
     TUESDAY.
  ...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060-062>065-
     070>074-078>082-088 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY.
KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ089>100 FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY.
IN...HEAT ADVISORY FOR INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080 FROM 6 AM
     MONDAY TO 6 PM TUESDAY.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 9:20 AM EST, 7 hours 55 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1020 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 2006

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-311430-
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-
1020 AM EDT SUN JUL 30 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

THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED OVER WISCONSIN AND LAKE
MICHIGAN THIS MORNING MAY MOVE INTO OUR REGION THIS AFTERNOON. AS
THEY MOVE INTO OUR HOT AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT.

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO TOP OUT AROUND 90 TODAY WITH MAXIMUM HEAT
INDICES APPROACHING 100.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HIGH PRESSURE WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE OHIO VALLEY FOR THE FIRST
PART OF THE WEEK. THIS WILL BRING ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND
MUGGY CONDITIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL TOP OFF IN THE 90 TO 95
DEGREE RANGE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WITH MAX HEAT INDICES
EXPECTED TO BE AT OR JUST ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:14 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Fairfield

When
July 30, 5:15 PM EST to 5:19 PM EST
Where
Fairfield County, Pickerington
Measured
50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
39.883, -82.750

A few large tree limbs were knocked down.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 5523508.