14 thunderstorm wind, 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 29, 10:40 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1040 AM EST MON JUL 29 2002 COLD FRONT CURRENTLY LOCATED FROM U.P. OF MICHIGAN SOUTH THROUGH WESTERN ILLINOIS TO OKLAHOMA. RAIN SHOWERS ARE AHEAD OF THE FRONT WITH THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NORTH OVER NORTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN. LOWER CLOUDS ARE STARTING TO ADVECT IN FROM THE WEST. TEMPERATURES HAVE INCREASED STEADILY THIS MORNING BUT WILL INCREASE AT A SLOWER RATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWESTERN ZONES. WILL UPDATE ZONES TO INCREASE AFTERNOON HIGHS TO NEAR 90 IN SOUTHERN ZONES. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS ON TRACK AS FRONT MOVES THROUGH REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MODELS ARE NOT AS UNSTABLE FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS THEY WERE THIS TIME YESTERDAY. HOWEVER CAPE VALUES ARE STILL PROGGED TO BE ABOVE 2000 J/KG...ESPECIALLY IN EASTERN ZONES WHICH WILL SEE A LONGER PERIOD OF INSOLATION THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. DIRECTIONAL SHEAR WITH HEIGHT IS STILL NOT TOO IMPRESSIVE BUT UPPER WINDS ARE STILL STRONG. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON WITH STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. UPDATED ZONES OUT SHORTLY. .IWX...NONE. OHARA
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-292200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 1104 AM EST MON JUL 29 2002 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA... NORTHWEST OHIO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THAT NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND EXTREME SOUTHERN LOWER MICHIGAN ARE UNDER A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT...LOCATED OVER THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES...WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. A WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS IS IN PLACE AND WILL INTERACT WITH THE ADVANCING FRONT...SETTING OFF THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS...WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING STRONG WINDS TO 60 MPH. LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE BETWEEN 1 PM EST AND 7 PM EST. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BY EARLY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER HAZARD THIS AFTERNOON...HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE HEAT INDEX VALUES TO RISE TO AROUND 100 DEGREES OVER NORTHEAST INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX OHARA
The Northern Indiana radar (KIWX), 103 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:15 UTC.
14 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Emergency management reported 2 barns with roofs partially taken off as well as trees down west of Defiance.
Emergency management reported minor roof damage to 7 homes in Defiance.
Emergency management reported power lines down in Van Wert.
Emergency management reported trees down in Willshire.
Emergency management reported trees down in Van Wert.
Emergency management reported power lines down in Willshire.
Trees and power lines down reported by emergency management.
Emergency Management reported numerous trees and power lines down in Delphos.
Emergency management reported trees down in Pandora.
Emergency management reported tress down in Columbus Grove.
Emergency management reported trees down in FT Jennings.
Emergency management reported large tree fell onto driveway striking 3 family members. All 3 were treated and released from hospital.
Emergency management reported straight line winds destroyed 3 gym walls and portion of an elementary school wall under construction in Pandora. Walls were cinder block.
Emergency management reported tree limbs down and slight damage to farm equipment southwest of Cairo.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 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: 5306532, 5306533, 5306537, 5306534, 5306535, 5306536, 5306545, 5306538, 5306539, 5306540, 5306541, 5306542, 5306543, 5306544.