1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 17, 9:50 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1050 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001 LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE ESE ACROSS IN. THESE STORMS WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT ILN FA BY NOON. THE IMMEDIATE CONCERN IS FOR POTENTIAL FLOODING IN THOSE AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. WILL MONITOR THIS CONVECTION FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WATCH ACROSS ERN PORTION OF FA. OTHERWISE WILL MAKE A FEW MINOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR POPS AND TEMPS. MISILN OUT SOON. .ILN...NONE. DISTEFANO
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-171600- SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 556 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY... A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. MORNING SUNSHINE WILL LEAD TO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS OHIO...INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO BY LATE MORNING AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH-CENTRAL OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY BY THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DUE TO THE VERY WET CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...THESE STORMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IF THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ALSO...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY. WILKINSON
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-171900- SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOOD OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1035 AM EDT THU MAY 17 2001 ...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON... A STATIONARY FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL REMAIN ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. MORNING SUNSHINE HAS LEAD TO A VERY UNSTABLE AIR MASS ACROSS PORTIONS OF OHIO...INDIANA AND KENTUCKY. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO EAST-CENTRAL INDIANA AND WEST-CENTRAL OHIO BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH- CENTRAL OHIO...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. DUE TO THE VERY WET CONDITIONS ACROSS PARTS OF WEST-CENTRAL AND CENTRAL OHIO...THESE STORMS COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IF THE HEAVY RAIN FALLS ACROSS THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ALSO...A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY IF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BECOMES WIDESPREAD. JTD
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 15:48 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Three-quarter inch diameter hail fell 2 miles northwest of Richmond and trees and power lines were knocked down in Richmond.
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: 5249054.