2 thunderstorm wind, 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 Oct 4, 6:35 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 735 PM EDT FRI OCT 4 2002 MORE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS JUST ABOUT OUT OF EASTERN PORTIONS OF FA WITH SAT PIX SHOWING SOME CLEARING WORKING INTO THE WEST. LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWING PRE-FRONTAL TROF MOVING ACROSS INDIANA WITH STILL A FEW SHOWERS ASSOCIATED WITH IT DOWN ALONG THE INDIANA/KENTUCKY BORDER. THESE ARE PUSHING EAST AND MAY CLIP FAR SOUTHERN ZONES IN A COUPLE OF HOURS SO MAY HAVE TO REARRANGE ZONES TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT. WILL UPDATE TO CLEAN UP WORDING AND ALLOW FOR SOME PARTIAL CLEARING. COLD FRONT STILL DUE IN LATER TONIGHT AND WILL LIKELY SEE SOME CLOUDS MOVE BACK IN ON THE BACK SIDE OF IT. WILL ALSO ADJUST WINDS UP A LITTLE FOR LATER TONIGHT AS 18Z MESOETA HANGING ON TO 20 TO 30 KT WINDS AT 925 MB THRU 09Z WITH CAA DVLPG LATE. .ILN...NONE. LOTT
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-041130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 520 AM EDT FRI OCT 4 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING AS THE REMNANTS OF HURRICANE LILI AND A STRONG COLD FRONT COMBINE OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY WHEN ANOTHER COLD FRONT CROSSES THE REGION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. BC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed near New Columbus and Harmony in the southeast part of the county.
Trees were knocked down.
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, October 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: 5319876, 5319877.