7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 Nov 10, 4:25 PM EST, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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.
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 Louisville radar (KLVX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:30 UTC.
7 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed and a church steeple was blown over.
Several mobile homes were demolished along State Route 184 between Interstate 71 and the Ohio River. Damage was caused by a microburst.
Numerous trees were blown down across the southern part of the county.
Several large trees were downed. Powerlines were also knocked down and the roof was taken off of a house.
An intense line of thunderstorms tracked across northern Kentucky during the early evening, producing two to three inches of rain across the southern portions of the Cincinnati metro area. The heavy rain caused minor flooding of roadways and low-lying areas.
Trees were downed across southern parts of the county.
An intense line of thunderstorms tracked across northern Kentucky during the early evening, producing two to three inches of rain across the southern portions of the Cincinnati metro area. The heavy rain caused minor flooding of roadways and low-lying areas.
Two trees were downed near the intersection of State Route 10 and Boman Springs Road.
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, November 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: 5322977, 5322985, 5322986, 5322981, 5322978, 5322979, 5322987, 5323033, 5322980, 5322982, 5322989, 5322984, 5322983, 5322988.