2 flood, 1 flash 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, 1 hour 48 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
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:24 UTC.
2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms producing heavy rain moved across the southern part of the Cincinnati metro area during the early morning hours. Several roads were closed due to high water.
High water flooded a bridge on John Denny Rd. A family had to be rescued when they became trapped in their vehicle. The vehicle was swept away by the flood waters.
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: 5293273, 5293274, 5293275.