Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin
- When
- November 10, 4:40 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -85.000
Trees were downed across the county.
Flooding and Hail in Indiana, November 10, 2002
6 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- $19,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Nov 10, 4:25 PM EST, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 4:25 PM EST, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 425 PM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 RUNNING A BIT LATE WITH THE DISCUSSION DUE TO ISSUANCE OF TORNADO WATCH FOR THE FORECAST AREA. SO HAVE ALREADY ISSUED THE AFTERNOON FORECAST WITH THE NEW HEADLINE. OBVIOUS SHORT TERM CONCERN IS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS SHOULD SWEEP ACROSS MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA BY MIDNIGHT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. SOME POST FRONTAL SHOWERS ARE OCCURRING SO PRECIPITATION MAY LINGER AFTER MIDNIGHT IN THE EASTERN ZONES. DRY SLOT WILL WORK IN BEHIND THIS SYSTEM RATHER QUICKLY AND SO BY DAYBREAK SKIES SHOULD BE MOSTLY CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. HOWEVER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE WRAPPING BACK IN FROM THE NORTH WITH COLD AIR ADVECTION. APPEARS LOW CLOUDS WILL HANG IN THROUGH MOST OF TUESDAY BEFORE CLEARING AS RIDGE FINALLY BUILDS INTO THE AREA. DID NOT VARY TOO MUCH FROM MAV TEMPERATURES. .ILN...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 10:20 AM EST, 6 hours 20 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-101715- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1020 AM EST SUN NOV 10 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE... A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN A MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. DUE TO FAVORABLE WIND FIELDS...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED SOUTHERN OHIO...SOUTHEAST INDIANA...AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS...ALONG WITH CENTRAL OHIO...ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HICKMAN
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
Event by event
6 flood, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- November 10, 4:40 PM EST to 4:55 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.867, -85.017
Several trees were downed across the county.
Thunderstorm Wind, Fayette
- When
- November 10, 4:56 PM EST to 5:10 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette County, Countywide
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -85.167
Numerous trees were knocked down.
Flood, Wayne
- When
- November 10, 5:30 PM EST to 7:00 PM EST
- Where
- Wayne forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.864, -85.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dearborn
- When
- November 10, 6:15 PM EST to 6:19 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn County, Lawrenceburg
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.100, -84.850
Several large limbs were blown down.
Hail, Ripley
- When
- November 10, 6:15 PM EST to 6:19 PM EST
- Where
- Ripley County, Milan
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.117, -85.133
Thunderstorm Wind, Switzerland
- When
- November 10, 6:19 PM EST to 6:23 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland County, Vevay
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.750, -85.067
Trees were downed throughout town.
Flood, Dearborn
- When
- November 10, 6:21 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Dearborn forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.145, -84.973 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
Flood, Fayette
- When
- November 10, 7:00 PM EST to 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Fayette forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.640, -85.179 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
Flood, Franklin
- When
- November 10, 7:00 PM EST to 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.415, -85.060 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
Flood, Switzerland
- When
- November 10, 7:30 PM EST to 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Switzerland forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.826, -85.037 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
Flood, Ohio
- When
- November 10, 8:00 PM EST to 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Ohio forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.950, -84.965 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
An intense squall line with thunderstorms producing heavy rain tracked across southeast Indiana and the Whitewater Valley during the evening. Although the squall line was moving relatively quickly, thunderstorms produced two to locally four inches across the region. High water forced brief road closures and flooding of low-lying areas across the region.
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.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, November 10, 2002
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- Tornado in Tennessee, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes in Ohio, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes in Alabama, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, November 10 to 11, 2002
- Tornadoes in Ohio, November 10, 2002
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Georgia, November 10 to 11, 2002
- Tornado in Alabama, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Ohio, November 10, 2002
- Tornadoes in Indiana, November 10, 2002
More
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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: 5318638, 5318640, 5318639, 5318688, 5318641, 5318642, 5318643, 5322974, 5318689, 5318690, 5322976, 5322975.