Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening as a cold front moved through the region.
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Strong to severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening as a cold front moved through the region.
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 8, 10:54 AM EST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1154 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 .SYNOPSIS... A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE REGION TODAY. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL TRAVEL ALONG THE FRONT AS IT STALLS OUT NEAR THE OHIO RIVER ON WEDNESDAY. HIGH PRESSURE AND DRIER AIR WILL BUILD IN FOR THURSDAY. && .NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING/... THE FORECAST IS MAINLY ON TRACK. MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO DECREASE POPS EARLY ON...BUT STILL THINK LIKELY POPS FOR THE NORTHWESTERN HALF OF THE CWA LOOKS ON TARGET. LATEST RUC DATA SHOWS CAPES AROUND 2500 J/KG THIS AFTERNOON...WITH LI/S DOWN TO THE -4 TO -6 RANGE. MID LEVEL DRY AIR IS EVIDENT ON THE FORECAST SOUNDINGS AS WELL...ENHANCING THE DAMAGING WIND THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. GOOD PWATS AS WELL WILL RESULT IN SOME BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AS WELL. CURRENT HWO HAS THE SEVERE POTENTIAL HIGHLIGHTED. CONVECTION HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILDING OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. CLEARING OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THIS MORNING WILL ALSO HELP LEAD TO DESTABILIZATION TODAY. && .SHORT TERM /6 PM THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY/... THE LIKELIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS THE FRONT BECOMES NEARLY STATIONARY NEAR THE OHIO RIVER. A WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE WILL HELP TO SLOW THE FRONTS PROGRESS AND SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN LOCATIONS. ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY FOR DAMAGING WIND GUSTS,,,LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BECOME A CONCERN DUE TO TRAINING OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY OF THE FRONT. DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN ON THURSDAY AFTER THE FRONT FINALLY MOVES EAST. TEMPERATURES WILL TREND BELOW NORMAL IN CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION ALONG THE FRONT...AND IN COLD ADVECTION BEHIND IT. && .LONG TERM /THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY/... HIGH PRESSURE WILL START TO MOVE OFF TO THE EAST ON FRIDAY. THUS IT APPEARS THAT THERE WILL ONLY BE A BRIEF BREAK IN ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES. A COLD FRONT IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THE GREAT LAKES OVER THE WEEKEND. THERE IS A GOOD DEAL OF UNCERTAINTY CONCERNING HOW FAR SOUTH THIS FRONT WILL GET. AT THIS POINT HAVE FOLLOWED HPCS LEAD USING THE GFS ENSEMBLE MEAN WHICH HAS A SLOWER PROGRESSION AND THUS KEEPS THE FRONT FURTHER NORTH. NONETHELESS THE PROXIMITY OF THE BOUNDARY ALONG WITH INCREASING MOISTURE AND UNCERTAINTY WARRANTS CHANCE POPS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. && .AVIATION /16Z TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY/... UPPER LEVEL FLOW BACKS SOME TODAY AS TROF OVER THE UPPER MS VALLEY AND WESTERN GREAT LAKES SHARPENS. IN WAA PATTERN AHD OF FRONTAL BOUNDARY ISENTROPIC LIFT HAS LEAD TO MID LEVEL CIGS THIS MORNING. COLD FRONT WILL SAG DOWN THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES TODAY AND INTO OHIO OVERNIGHT. THE AIRMASS DESTABILIZES THROUGH THE DAY WITH MODERATE INSTABILITY DEVELOPING. WEAK LOW LEVEL FORCING OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY DEVELOPING THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. FAVORED LOCATION FOR THESE INITIAL STORMS WL BE ACRS THE NORTH WHERE MODERATE INSTBY IS COUPLED WITH WEAK LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE. EXPECT CONVECTION TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE NORTH THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING WITH APPROACH OF PRE-FRONTAL TROF. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO OVERSPREAD THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT AS THE FRONT DROPS INTO OHIO. HAVE HANDLED THIS WITH TEMPO GROUPS IN TEMPO GROUPS DURG LATE AFTN AND EVENING HOURS WHEN BEST FORCING IS EXPECTED. OUTLOOK...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... OH...NONE. KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CONIGLIO NEAR TERM...WJM SHORT TERM...CONIGLIO LONG TERM... AVIATION...AR
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT TUE JUL 8 2008 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-090900- 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 TUE JUL 8 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 THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS MAY ACCOMPANY SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:00 UTC.
25 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A plum tree was knocked down on Mooresville Road, and a tree was downed on Dixon Mill Road.
Siding was peeled off a house along Koeppel Road, along with one tree downed.
Trees were downed in Glynwood and Wapakoneta. 1.25 inch diameter hail fell in Saint Marys.
Trees and power lines were downed.
Six large trees and numerous large limbs were knocked down. Several streets in town were blocked by fallen tree debris.
Trees and power lines were knocked down.
Large tree limbs were downed.
Several trees were downed.
Twelve to fifteen large tree limbs were downed across the Ohio Wesleyan University campus.
Trees were knocked down.
Several trees and power lines were downed.
Multiple trees were knocked down near Wilkins Corners.
Trees and power lines were downed.
A building collapsed on Mosteller Road. Numerous trees and power lines were downed in the Cottingham area.
Trees were knocked down on London and Winstead Roads.
Numerous trees and power lines were knocked down.
Two trees were downed on Egypt Pike and Plumer Road.
The porch posts were blown off of a house. Portions of an adjacent cornfield were flattened.
Sixteen trees were either uprooted or snapped in Concord and New Market Townships.
Numerous large tree limbs were downed near Tar Hollow State Park.
Several large tree limbs and portions of trees were downed. Three-quarter inch hail also occurred.
Several large tree limbs were downed along Hussey Road, some up to ten inches in diameter.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2008
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: 123055, 123077, 123056, 123057, 123058, 123059, 123060, 123078, 123061, 123062, 123079, 123063, 123064, 123065, 123066, 123067, 123068, 123069, 123070, 123071, 123072, 123073, 123074, 123075, 123080, 123076.