3 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 21, 9:54 AM EST, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1054 AM EDT SUN APR 21 2002 WARM FRONT NOW ORIENTED ROUGHLY ALONG I-64 AND SLOWLY MOVING NORTH...FROM S OF KSTL... THROUGH KSDF...JUST N OF KLEX TO S OF KHTS. MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG THE FRONT ACROSS CWA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SWATH FROM NEAR KIND TO N OF KCVG/S OF KDAY EAST TO KILN. SPOTTER AND RAIN GAGE REPORTS INDICATE BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1 INCH HAVE OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS SINCE ABOUT 12Z. WITH MORE RAIN AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING UPSTREAM ACROSS EASTERN IL AND S CNTRL IN...SAME AREAS LIKELY TO SEE MORE HEAVY RAIN INTO THE AFTN. WL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SE AND E CNTRL IN AND SW OH COUNTIES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS UNTIL 20Z. WL LEAVE DECISION ON EXTENSION OF WATCH INTO EVENING HOURS FOR AFTN PACKAGE. AM INCLINED TO LEAVE AFTN TEMPS ALONE AT THIS TIME. EVEN THOUGH CURRENT TEMPS ARE IN UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S ACROSS KDAY AND KAOH...FEEL THAT TEMPS WILL STILL RISE AS LOW MOVES UP OHIO RIVER VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WL BUMP UP WINDS IN THE MIAMI VALLEY AND W CNTRL OH. FFA WL BE OUT BY 1115 AM. UPDATE OUT SHORTLY. .ILN...FLOOD WATCH TIL 4 PM EDT FOR SE IN...E CNTRL IN....SW OH...MIAMI VALLEY...AND FAR NORTHERN KY. RYAN
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ042-045-046-051>056- 060>065-070>074-077>082-088-212000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1015 AM EDT SUN APR 21 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS EVENING... A STATIONARY FRONT LOCATED NEAR THE TENNESSEE RIVER VALLEY WILL MOVE NORTH AS A WARM FRONT TODAY. MEANWHILE...LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WITH A TRAILING COLD FRONT EXTENDING INTO TEXAS. THE AIRMASS WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AS THE WARM FRONT...COLD FRONT AND LOW PRESSURE TRACK NEAR THE MIDDLE OHIO RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. THEREFORE...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE MIDDLE OHIO VALLEY UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THIS EVENING. SOME CITIES IN THE THREAT AREA INCLUDE...VERSAILLES...OWENTON...CINCINNATI...DAYTON...CHILLICOTHE AND PORTSMOUTH. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER SITUATION.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several clusters of thunderstorms producing heavy rain moved across the southern Cincinnati metro area, causing minor flooding. Several roads were closed due to high water and creeks rose out of their banks in a number of locations. Some basement flooding was reported in Ludlow and Crescent Springs.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, 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: 5293175, 5293176, 5293177.