Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Delaware and Licking counties during the evening.
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Isolated severe thunderstorms moved across portions of Delaware and Licking counties during the evening.
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 Aug 7, 6:41 PM EST, 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 741 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 .SYNOPSIS... AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL PASS THROUGH THE REGION THIS EVENING...PRODUCING ISOLATED SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS. NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL USHER IN A COOLER AIRMASS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION FRIDAY WITH DRY WEATHER EXPECTED INTO THE WEEKEND. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM FRIDAY MORNING/... UPDATED FCST TO MOVE CHC OF TSTM A LITTLE FARTHER SW...INTO CLINTON AND WARREN AND HIGHLAND COUNTIES. ALSO UPPED THE POPS A LITTLE ACROSS THE CNTRL PORTIONS OF THE FA. STILL EXPECT CONVECTION TO DIE AFT 00Z AS WE LOSE THE HEATING AND THE H5 VORT SLIDES TO THE E. REST OF TONIGHT SHOULD SEE SKIES BECOME CLEAR AS SFC HIGH BUILDS IN FROM THE NW. && .SHORT TERM /6 AM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/... H5 TROF OVER ERN CANADA KEEPS NW FLOW ACRS THE REGION FOR THE PERIOD. SFC HIGH SLIDES SE INTO THE FA BY FRI EVENING. MOISTURE IS A LITTLE BETTER IN THE NE ON FRI AND MIGHT SEE BETTER CU COVERAGE IN THE NW. SFC HIGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE FA FRI NGT. ON SATURDAY...MODELS BEGIN TO DEEPEN H5 LOW IN ERN CANADA. THE NAM AND GFS HAVE TRENDED TOWARD A STRONGER AND SLOWER DIGGING H5 LOW CURRENTLY OVER HUDSON BAY...RESULTING IN A SECONDARY CDFNT MOVING THROUGH THE NRN GREAT LAKES ON SATURDAY...WHICH WAS NOT INDICATED IN THE 06/12Z NAM/GFS. BROUGHT POPS ACRS THE FA SAT NGT AS CDFNT PUSHES THRU. KEPT BEST POPS IN THE NE...TAPERING TO SLGT CHC IN THE SW. WENT A DEGREE OR SO COOLER THAN MAV GUIDANCE FOR HIGH ON FRI. OVERALL COOLER MET NUMBERS LOOK GOOD FOR LOWS AGAIN ON FRI NGT. HIGHS ON SAT WERE A BLEND OF GUIDANCE...AS WERE LOWS ON SAT NGT. && .LONG TERM /SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/... AM FOLLOWING CLOSER TO HPC SOLUTION AGAIN TODAY. TO START THE EXTENDED PERIOD AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES WILL MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST TO THE COAST AS NW FLOW AROUND THE EAST SIDE OF AN UPPER RIDGE MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. A TROF AROUND THE UPPER LOW MAY CAUSE SHOWERS TO LINGER SUNDAY MORNING BUT OPTED TO KEEP FORECAST DRY AT THIS TIME. QUITE A BIT OF UNCERTAINTY WITH TIMING OF NEXT FRONT AND PRECIPITATION BUT IT LOOKS TO BE MID WEEK AT THIS TIME. FORECAST SLIGHT CHANCE LATE TUE NIGHT AND WED. WITH UNCERTAINTY OF TIMING...PREFERRED NOT TO GO HIGHER THAN SLIGHT CHANCE AT THIS TIME. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW NORMAL DURING THE BEGINNING OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD BUT WILL BEGIN TO WARM BY MID WEEK NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION /00Z FRIDAY THROUGH TUESDAY/... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO AFFECT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF FA AS SHORT WAVE ENERGY DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...EXPECT TO SEE A DECREASE IN COVERAGE OVER THE HOUR OR SO BUT CLOUDS MAY LINGER A LITTLE LONGER THAN USUAL THIS EVENING DUE TO SHORT WAVE ENERGY. HOWEVER...STILL EXPECT SKIES TO EVENTUALLY CLEAR OVERNIGHT. SCT CU SHOULD THEN REDEVELOP THROUGH LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON ON FRIDAY. OUTLOOK...NO SIG WX. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SITES NEAR TERM...SITES SHORT TERM...SITES LONG TERM...PARKER AVIATION...JGL
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-080900- 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- 500 AM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR 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. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. RYAN
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 411 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 OHZ034-035-042-043-072045- DARKE OH-SHELBY OH-AUGLAIZE OH-MERCER OH- 411 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MERCER...SOUTHWESTERN AUGLAIZE...WESTERN SHELBY AND NORTHEASTERN DARKE COUNTIES THROUGH 445 PM EDT... AT 407 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CARTHAGENA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...NORTH STAR...OSGOOD...NEW BREMEN...EGYPT...YORKSHIRE...BROCK...MINSTER... WILLOWDELL...FORT LORAMIE...LAKE LORAMIE STATE PARK...KETTLERSVILLE AND VERSAILLES. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT. IF THIS STORM BECOMES STRONGER...THEN A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 440 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 OHZ042-043-051-072115- MIAMI OH-DARKE OH-SHELBY OH- 440 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN SHELBY...NORTHEASTERN DARKE AND MIAMI COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM EDT... AT 437 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR NEWPORT...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... HOUSTON...BLOOMER...HARDIN...HORATIO...POLO...BRADFORD...NEWBERN... CLAYTON...SIDNEY...LOCKINGTON...COVINGTON AND CIRCLE HILL. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 513 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 OHZ051>053-061-072145- CLARK OH-MIAMI OH-CHAMPAIGN OH-MONTGOMERY OH- 513 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN MONTGOMERY... SOUTHWESTERN CHAMPAIGN...MIAMI AND NORTHWESTERN CLARK COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM EDT... AT 511 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR CASSTOWN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 27 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... CASSTOWN...GRAYSON...TIPP CITY...CHRISTIANSBURG...GINGHAMSBURG... HAVEN VIEW...THACKERY...VANDALIA...DIALTON...BROWN...PHONETON AND TERRE HAUTE. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 733 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 OHZ056-080015- LICKING OH- 733 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT LICKING COUNTY THROUGH 815 PM EDT... AT 728 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF HARTFORD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 21 MPH. THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE... HARTFORD...JOHNSTOWN...ALEXANDRIA...ST. LOUISVILLE...PATASKALA... NEWARK...HEATH...GRANVILLE SOUTH...GRANVILLE AND BEECHWOOD TRAILS. THIS STORM WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 755 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 OHZ046-056-080030- LICKING OH-DELAWARE OH- 755 PM EDT THU AUG 7 2008 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT DELAWARE AND NORTHWESTERN LICKING COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT... AT 753 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR STATE ROUTE 229 AT US ROUTE 23...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN KILBOURNE AND OLIVE GREEN...ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...DELAWARE STATE PARK...ASHLEY...LEONARDSBURG...KILBOURNE...OLIVE GREEN... SUNBURY...GALENA...CENTER VILLAGE...HARTFORD AND JOHNSTOWN. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD ROADS...DITCHES AND LOW LYING AREAS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO PLACES WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD AND AVOID FLOOD PRONE AREAS.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:15 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Two trees were knocked down, one along North State Road and the other along State Route 656.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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