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LATE EVENING OHIO WEATHER STORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OHIO
1128 PM EDT MON AUG 28 2006

IT WAS ANOTHER WET DAY ACROSS OHIO WITH NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF SHOWERS 
AND THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH ARE STILL ONGOING LATE THIS EVENING.  24 
HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS AS OF 8 PM INCLUDED 2.72 IN HAMILTON...1.46 
AT LUNKEN FIELD IN CINCINNATI...AND 1.33 IN WILMINGTON.  ALONG WITH 
HEAVY RAIN...A FEW TORNADOES TOUCHED DOWN IN PICKAWAY AND MERCER 
COUNTIES.  THE TORNADO THREAT WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS EVENING FOR 
WESTERN AND CENTRAL OHIO...WHERE A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 
1 AM.

AS OF 11 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDESPREAD ALONG THE 
I-75 CORRIDOR FROM CINCINNATI TO TOLEDO.  THIS AREA OF SHOWERS AND 
STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST ACROSS ALL OF OHIO OVERNIGHT AS A 
COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH.  LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 60S 
ACROSS NORTHWEST OHIO TO THE LOWER 70S ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST.

SHOWERS WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS EASTERN OHIO ON TUESDAY.  
HOWEVER...MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WILL STICK AROUND FOR MUCH OF THE 
DAY...WHICH WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 70S.

AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN ON WEDNESDAY...EXPECT GENERALLY DRY 
CONDITIONS AND PLEASANT TEMPERATURES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

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