1 lightning, 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 Aug 23, 2:50 PM EST, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 350 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2002 LOOKS LIKE THERE SHOULD BE A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. SEVERAL FACTORS INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE FINAL SOLUTION A BIT COMPLICATED. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA CLOSE TO OLD OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND IN AXIS OF BEST INSTABILITY. THESE STORMS APPEAR PRIMARILY DIURNALLY DRIVEN AND SO EXPECT THEM TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING. A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS APPEAR RELATED TO A CONVECTIVE VORTICITY CENTER. WITH THIS SUPPORT WOULD THINK THAT THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT. EXTRAPOLATION WOULD BRING THIS INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES AFTER DARK. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE IS FORECAST TO MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES TAKING A SURFACE LOW ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO. AND THIS SHOULD BE ANOTHER TRIGGER FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OR POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING DURING THE NIGHT. GIVEN ALL OF THIS WILL GO WITH 60 TO 80 PROBABILITIES. WILL CONTINUE TO MENTION HEAVY RAIN AS MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL ALLOWING FOR VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS. HOWEVER FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE IS HIGH AND EXPECT THE STORMS TO BE PROGRESSIVE SO DO NOT FEEL THERE IS A NEED FOR A WATCH. PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER INTO THE MORNING ACROSS SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA SO WILL KEEP A CHANCE THROUGH THE MORNING. BUT ALL MODELS SHOW DEEPER MOISTURE BEING SHUNTED OFF TO THE EAST DURING THE DAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MAY LINGER AND AN ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION WITH AFTERNOON HEATING. BUT BELIEVE CHANCE IS TOO LOW TO WARRANT A CONTINUED MENTION IN THE FORECAST. THE AREA SHOULD DRY OUT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEKEND. THERE IS STILL A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY FOR THE FORECAST NEXT WEEK AS MEDIUM RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO HAVE QUITE A BIT OF VARIABILITY IN THEIR SOLUTIONS. DO NOT WANT TO MAKE MUCH OF A CHANGE UNTIL THINGS BECOME A LITTLE CLEARER SO WILL KEEP A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY FOR NOW. .ILN...NONE.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
435 PM EDT FRI AUG 23 2002
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0425 PM 4 N OTWAY OH .75 INCH HAIL
08/23/02 SCIOTOThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A man was struck by lightning at the Cricket Ridge Golf Club on State Route 229.
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: 5315147.