19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning, 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 Jun 22, 12:56 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 156 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 .AVIATION /18Z-18Z/... PRIMARY IMPACTS TO AVIATION WILL BE CONVECTION THROUGH THE PERIOD. LINE OF STORMS CURRENTLY OVER INDIANA WILL CONTINUE EASTWARD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HAVE ATTEMPTED TO TIME LINE THROUGH THE TERMINALS USING TEMPO GROUP AND WILL REFINE AS IT GETS CLOSER. ALSO SEEING SOME STORMS DEVELOPING OUT AHEAD OF THE LINE SO BROAD BRUSHED VCTS AND CB DESIGNATORS. EXPECT TO HAVE A BREAK IN THE CONVECTION LATE IN THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALTHOUGH THIS MAY ALLOW FOR SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS TO DEVELOP IN MIST. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TOWARDS MORNING AND THEN CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY. HOWEVER THERE IS MUCH UNCERTAINTY IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS CONVECTION SO HAVE BEEN FAIRLY GENERAL LATE IN THE FORECAST. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1040 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006/ SHORT TERM /REST OF TODAY/... MORNING SOUNDING SHOWED AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS ABOVE THE STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER. AND HAVE BEEN SEEING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A NARROW CORRIDOR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FORECAST AREA. SATELLITE INDICATES THAT MID LEVEL CONVECTIVE CLOUDS HAVE SINCE DIMINISHED. AS STABLE LAYER MIXES OUT CUMULUS WILL DEVELOP AND SOME STORMS MAY FORM. HOWEVER THE BETTER CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LATER IN THE AFTERNOON AS CONVECTIVE COMPLEX IN ILLINOIS APPROACHES THE REGION. HAVE MADE SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION. PREVIOUS TEMPERATURE AND DEW POINT FORECAST LOOKS REASONABLE AT THIS POINT. SO WILL CONTINUE WITH HEAT ADVISORY IN THE SOUTH. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 434 AM EDT THU JUN 22 2006/ SHORT TERM /TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... FA REMAINS WARM SECTORED THIS MORNING. SCT SHRA/TSRA STILL FORMING ACRS THE NORTH ON THE H8 JET. THE 00Z NAM LOOKED TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE CONVECTION ATTM AND BLENDS WILL WITH PREVIOUS FORECAST. GFS SEEMS TO SUFFER FOR CONVECTIVE FEED BACK AND FORMS CLOSED SFC LOW IN THE MID MS VLY LATE TNGT. GFS THEN SWINGS THIS LOW UP THE OHIO VALLEY FRI INTO SAT...KEEPING POPS HIGHS. HOWEVER WILL FOLLOW THE NAM SOLUTION FOR THIS PACKAGE. H5 IMPULSE PUSHES INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTN. CAPES CLIMB TO 1500-2500 J/KG WITH TD IN THE LOW 70S. FEEL THAT MOST OF THE PCPN WILL BE IN THE AFTN...BUT CANT RULE SOMETHING OUT THIS MRNG, CDFNT PUSHES THROUGH GREAT LAKES THIS AFTN AND INTO FA OVERNIGHT. THIS SHOULD ENHANCE THE LIFT. LOOKS LIKE BEST POPS WILL BE TONIGHT INTO FRI. FNT WILL STRADDLE THE FA AT 12Z FRI...BUT WILL CONTINUE TO WORK SOUTH DURING THE DAY HAS SFC HIGH BUILDS INTO THE WRN LAKES. FNT IS STILL IN NE KY AT 12Z SAT FOR HELD ONTO CHC POP INTO SAT FOR THE SE. FOLLOWED MAV/MET TEMPS FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT. ON FRIDAY WENT A COMPROMISED BETWEEN THE WARM MAV AND COOL MET. SITES LONG TERM /SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... ADJUSTED THE START OF SATURDAY NIGHT TO BLEND WITH THE SHORT TERM FORECAST. SITES && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...HEAT ADVISORY FOR OHZ073-077>082-088 UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY. KY...HEAT ADVISORY FOR KYZ089>100 UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY. IN...HEAT ADVISORY FOR INZ075-080 UNTIL 6 PM THURSDAY. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 102 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073-074-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065- 070>072-074-230945- WAYNE-FAYETTE IN-UNION IN-FRANKLIN IN-RIPLEY-DEARBORN-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- HOCKING- 102 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL INDIANA...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...CENTRAL OHIO...MIAMI VALLEY OF OHIO...SOUTHWEST OHIO AND WEST CENTRAL OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL PROGRESS INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY. ONCE AGAIN SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING. INZ075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ073-077>082-088-230945- OHIO-SWITZERLAND-CARROLL-GALLATIN-BOONE-KENTON-CAMPBELL-OWEN- GRANT-PENDLETON-BRACKEN-ROBERTSON-MASON-LEWIS-ROSS-HAMILTON- CLERMONT-BROWN-HIGHLAND-ADAMS-PIKE-SCIOTO- 102 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST INDIANA...NORTHEAST KENTUCKY...NORTHERN KENTUCKY...CENTRAL OHIO... SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND SOUTHWEST OHIO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THEY PROGRESS INTO THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH SOME LARGE HAIL ALSO POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM FOR HEAT INDICES REACHING 100 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ON FRIDAY. ONCE AGAIN SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLE AGAIN THIS EVENING.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1251 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-222100- 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RICHMOND...CONNERSVILLE...LIBERTY... BROOKVILLE...VERSAILLES...LAWRENCEBURG...RISING SUN...VEVAY... CARROLLTON...WARSAW...BURLINGTON...INDEPENDENCE...ALEXANDRIA... OWENTON...WILLIAMSTOWN...FALMOUTH...BROOKSVILLE...MOUNT OLIVET... MAYSVILLE...VANCEBURG...KENTON...CELINA...WAPAKONETA... GREENVILLE...SIDNEY...BELLEFONTAINE...MARYSVILLE...DELAWARE... PIQUA...URBANA...SPRINGFIELD...LONDON...COLUMBUS...NEWARK... EATON...DAYTON...XENIA...WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE...CIRCLEVILLE... LANCASTER...HAMILTON...LEBANON...WILMINGTON...CHILLICOTHE... LOGAN...CINCINNATI...MILFORD...GEORGETOWN...HILLSBORO... WEST UNION...PIKETON...PORTSMOUTH 1251 PM EDT THU JUN 22 2006 ...NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY HAVE CAUSED THE AIR MASS TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAD ALREADY DEVELOPED AND WAS MOVING ACROSS WESTERN INDIANA. THESE STORMS WILL IMPACT THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. ISOLATED STORMS MAY DEVELOP WELL OUT AHEAD OF THIS LINE AS WELL. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS COULD AFFECT THE REGION IN THE EVENING AS STORMS BECOMING ORGANIZED IN THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY MOVE EAST THROUGH THE DAY. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS WELL AS SOME LARGE HAIL WITH THUNDERSTORMS BOTH THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PEOPLE ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLET FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES AND WARNINGS.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:58 UTC.
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Ten people were injured, one seriously, from a lightning bolt that struck the outdoor pavillion they were standing under. All ten people survived.
Two machine sheds were heavily damaged, and several barns sustained roof damage. A few large trees were also downed.
Large tree limbs were downed.
A small tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of US Route 127 and Shelley Road. A barn was destroyed and a few trees were knocked down.
A few trees were knocked down.
A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
A gust of 60 mph was estimated with the hail as well.
Several houses sustained roof damage. Trees and power poles were downed in scattered locations from St Marys to Wapakoneta. A few semi trailers were blown over on Interstate 75 near Wapakoneta. This was caused by a possible downburst.
A weak tornado touched down near the intersection of US Route 33 and Interstate 75. Several homes sustained roof damage from the tornado.
Numerous trees and large limbs were downed across the northern half of the county. One tree fell on a vehicle and another on a house in Sidney, causing minor damage to both.
Two homes near the intersection of US Route 68 and State Route 81 sustained damage. One of the houses had its chimney blown off. The second house had roof tiles blown off of its garage. Several large tree limbs were downed.
A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph wind gust.
Trees were downed.
Trees were also knocked down across the northern part of the county.
Several tents were blown down at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Trees were also downed.
One home had its roof peeled off by the thunderstorm winds.
Trees were knocked down a mile or two south of the Polaris area.
Several trees and large limbs were downed.
A few trees were knocked down.
Numerous trees were downed.
Trees were downed.
Large tree limbs were knocked down in Sugarcreek Township.
Trees and large limbs four to six inches in diameter were knocked down in Miami Township.
Several trees were downed in Miami Township.
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, June 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: 5515999, 5514528, 5514531, 5514526, 5514529, 5514532, 5514530, 5514533, 5515997, 5514527, 5514534, 5515998, 5515783, 5515782, 5515784, 5515785, 5515788, 5515786, 5515787, 5515990, 5515992, 5515993, 5515994, 5515991, 5515995, 5515996.