2 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 Mar 31, 6:37 PM EST, 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 637 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 .AVIATION /00Z-24Z/... MVFR ST DECK HOLDING TOUGH ACRS TAF SITES THIS EVNG AHEAD OF COLD FRONT APPCHG FROM WEST. LINE OF SEVERE TSTMS HAS RAPIDLY DVLPD ACRS NRN/CNTRL INDIANA OVER LAST TWO HOURS AND IS PROGRESSING EAST. AT THIS POINT...THINK STORMS WILL WEAKEN SOME BEFORE THEY REACH WESTERN TAFS (KCVG/KLUK/KDAY) AS CLOUDS HAVE KEPT ATMOSPHERE FROM DESTABILIZING AS MUCH AS IT HAS FURTHER WEST. THE LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING WOULD ALSO SUGGEST A WEAKENING TREND TO STORMS. BRING FOUR HOUR TEMPO FOR TSTM LINE INTO KDAY AT 02Z AND TO KCVG/KLUK AT 03Z. INSTABILITY EVEN LESS FURTHER EAST ACRS CNTRL OH...AND WILL CONTINUE WITH JUST A MENTION OF -SHRA FOR KCMH AND KLCK AS CORE OF THE LINE WILL NOT BE REACHING THIS AREA UNTIL LATE EVNG AT THE EARLIEST. COLD FRONT WILL BE EAST OF ALL TAFS BY 09Z. MAY BE A BRIEF RISE IN CIGS BEFORE COLD POOL SC DECK DROPS INTO FCST AREA. MODEL SOUNDINGS AND CURRENT OBS OVER UPR MISSISSIPPI VLY SUGGESTING MVFR CIGS FOR GOOD PART OF THE DAY SAT. CIGS SHOULD BEGIN TO BREAK UP BY LATE AFTN AS SFC HI PRES AND UPR RIDGE BUILD INTO REGION FROM WEST. WIND GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS EVNG AHEAD OF COLD FRONT. WINDS WILL VEER TO W/NW DURING DAY SAT...WEAKENING TO 10- 15KTS AS BNDRY LYR FLO AND SFC PRES GRADIENT DECREASE. RYAN && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 341 PM EST FRI MAR 31 2006/ SHORT TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT/... H5 AND SFC LOW WILL SWING ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. CLDFNT ACROSS IL WILL MOVE ACROSS THE FA BETWEEN 06Z-09Z. ATMOSPHERE ACROSS INDIANA AND INTO MY FA WILL GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE WITH SOME LATE AFTERNOON SUN. EXPECT LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF FNT. SVR WX PARAMETERS STILL SUGGEST THAT A FEW TSRA COULD DEVELOP...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH SEVERE WORDING TONIGHT. NW FLOW BEHIND THE FRONT ON SATURDAY WILL BRING COOLER TEMPERATURES TO THE FA. WRAP AROUND CLOUDS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FA FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE THEN BUILDS IN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. NEXT SYSTEM KICKS OUT OF THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY. GFS IS A LITTLE QUICKER WITH THE QPF SUNDAY AFTN. FOLLOWED THE SLOWER/DRIER NAM. WENT AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS TO LIKELY SUNDAY NIGHT. WENT WITH MAV TEMPS TONIGHT. ONCE AGAIN MAV AND MET DIVERGE FOR HIGHS TOMORROW. MAV IS SUPPORTED BY THE FWC AND BY TEMPERATURES THICKNESS TECHNIQUE. LOOKS LIKE THE MAV MIGHT BE A LITTLE WARM SATURDAY NIGHT. KNOCKED A DEGREE OR SO OFF. WENT WITH THE WARMER MAV AGAIN ON SUNDAY. SITES LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY/... UPPER TROUGH WILL CROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. AREA WILL BE UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY BETWEEN TROUGH AND RIDGE. RIDGE AXIS WILL MOVE THROUGH ON THURSDAY...WITH MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW AHEAD OF NEXT TROUGH ON FRIDAY. GREAT LAKES LOW PRESSURE WILL DRAG A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY ON MONDAY BRINGING THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRY AIR WILL BUILD IN ON TUESDAY. AFTER THE HIGH MOVES EAST ON WEDNESDAY...ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF THE NEXT LOW WILL BRING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY. ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PROVIDE THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY. WENT WITH SLIGHTLY COOLER TEMPERATURES EARLY IN THE LONG TERM WITH GFS SHOWING STRONGER COLD ADVECTION THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. RETURN TO ABOVE NORMAL READINGS WILL OCCUR WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER RIDGE ON THURSDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1034 AM EST FRI MAR 31 2006 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-011545- 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- 1034 AM EST FRI MAR 31 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 A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY AND LOWER GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT ACROSS PORTIONS OF INDIANA DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PUSH INTO WESTERN OHIO THIS EVENING AND THROUGH CENTRAL OHIO BY MIDNIGHT. AS THE STORMS PUSH EAST A GENERAL WEAKENING TREND IS ANTICIPATED AS INSTABILITY DIMINISHES. HOWEVER...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL BEFORE WEAKENING. THEREFORE..THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED MUCH OF THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE BETWEEN 8 PM AND 11 PM IN EASTERN INDIANA AND WESTERN OHIO AND BETWEEN 9 PM AND MIDNIGHT IN CENTRAL OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. RANDALL
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
A semi truck was blown over along US Route 33 near Rockford.
Part of a roof was peeled off a house. Power lines were also downed in the area.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5498232, 5498233.