Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- July 4, 4:50 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Adams County, 2 mi NE of Rome
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.683, -83.350
Trees knocked down.
Tornado and Flash Flood in Ohio, July 4, 2000
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 92 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:52 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Brown
- When
- July 4, 6:26 PM EST
- Where
- Brown County, 2 mi S of Mt Orab
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.017, -83.917
A tornado made a brief touch down in a field. No damage occurred with this tornado.
Flash Flood, Clermont
- When
- July 4, 7:30 PM EST
- Where
- Clermont County, Bethel
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.047, -84.152 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy rainfall caused flooded roads between Bethel and Williamsburg.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 4, 2000
- Heat in Texas, July 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, July 4, 2000
- Hurricane in Guam, July 4, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, July 4, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Maine, July 4, 2000
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 4, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 4, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 2000
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 2000Warnings in Ohio, July 2000
Sources
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: 5176047, 5164748, 5164749.