2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 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 Apr 28, 2:37 AM EST, 8 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 337 AM EDT SUN APR 28 2002 SOMEWHAT ELEVATED NATURE OF CONVECTION MOVG INTO WESTERN OHIO ATTM...AND EVEN WITH RADAR SHOWING 50-60 KTS ON THE BASE VEL SFC REPORTS MAXING OUT ARND 35 KNTS(ALTHOUGH JUST WARNED FOR PREBLE WITH STRONG REAR INFLOW SIGNATURE DVLPG). BETTER POTNL FOR SFC BASED CONVECTION OVER THE SW CWFA THIS MORNING...THEN AGAIN IN THE SOUTH AND EASTERN CWFA THRU MIDDAY WITH FROPA. WL MAINTAIN PREV SVR MENTION ALL ZONES...AND USE MAINLY THIS MORNING WORDING OVER ALL BUT THE SE. A FEW MINOR FLOODING REPORTS ALREADY...AND WITH SVRL HOURS OF DEEP CONVECTIVE POTNL WL MAINTAIN FFA IN THE SOUTH AS WELL. NEXT CONCERN IS WINDS. TIMEHEIGHTS INDC THETA SFCS BECOME VERTICAL FROM ARND 825 MB TO THE SFC ARND/AFTER 18Z...WITH WINDS OF 40-50 KTS IN THIS LAYER. THIS SUGGESTS A PRETTY GUD CHC FOR ADVSRY CRITERIA WINDS...ESPLY ALONG AND IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE COLD FRONT. FROPA TIMING IN THE LATE MORNING WEST TO MID AFTN SE WL SUPPORT SOME WARMING TDY...AND HV GONE AOA THE FWC NUMBERS. NOT ALOT OF CHGS TO THE REST OF THE FCST. STRATO-CU WL LIKELY HANG ARND IN THE CYCLONIC CAA TNGT...AND HV CHGD MOST OF THE AREA TO MCLDY. GUID TEMPS LK RSNBL. NEXT CHC FOR PCPN LKS TO BE MON NGT. .ILN... IN...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES INZ050...INZ058>059... INZ066...INZ073>075...INZ080. WIND ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES INZ050...INZ058>059...INZ066... INZ073>075...INZ080. KY...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES KYZ089>100. WIND ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES KYZ089>100. OH...FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS MORNING FOR ZONES OHZ060>062... OHZ070>073...OHZ077>082...OHZ088. WIND ADVISORY FOR SUNDAY FOR ZONES OHZ026...OHZ034>035... OHZ042>046...OHZ051>056...OHZ060>065...OHZ070>074...OHZ077>082... OHZ088. JOHNSTONE
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1053 PM EDT SAT APR 27 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL TRACK TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT...WHILE A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO INDIANA AND OHIO. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN BOTH MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AIR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND OHIO AFTER 4 AM. WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY STRONG... AND THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING THESE WINDS TO THE GROUND AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND COULD BECOME WIDESPREAD. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTHWEST OF I-71 LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED A MODERATE OVER SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION...MAINLY WEST OF I-75. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS WITH THIS DEVELOPING SPRING STORM. SITES
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-281100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED WORDING IN PARAGRAPH SIX. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1100 PM EDT SAT APR 27 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY... LOW PRESSURE OVER IOWA WILL TRACK TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT...WHILE A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER AND INTO INDIANA AND OHIO. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN BOTH MOISTURE AND UNSTABLE AIR. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE LOW OVER THE MID MISSISSIPPI AND LOWER OHIO VALLEYS OVERNIGHT. THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE EAST...AND ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND OHIO AFTER 4 AM. WINDS IN THE LOWER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE VERY STRONG... AND THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BRING THESE WINDS TO THE GROUND AS THEY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS...AND COULD BECOME WIDESPREAD. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL BE MOVING EAST ACROSS THE REGION. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE NORTHWEST OF I-71 LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND SOUTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS... LARGE HAIL AND POSSIBLY AN ISOLATED TORNADO. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE REGION...MAINLY WEST OF I-75. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT AND DURING THE DAY ON SUNDAY. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS WITH THIS DEVELOPING SPRING STORM. SITES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Showers and thunderstorms producing up to two inches of rain moved across southeast Indiana during the early morning hours. The heavy rain caused high water on roadways and a bridge washout on State Route 250 in Switzerland County. A car was washed off the road in western Ripley County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, April 2002
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: 5293271, 5293272.