7 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 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 Jun 5, 9:00 AM EST, 4 hours 13 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1000 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
12Z SFC ANALYSIS SHOWED A COLD FRONT FROM SE LOWER MI...INTO NWRN
IN...THEN INTO S CNTRL IL...THEN SW INTO NE TX. THIS FRONT WILL BE
THE WX MAKER FOR TODAY INTO TONIGHT.
VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY THIS MORNING SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF
SUNSHINE BEAMING THRU THE SRN CWFA THIS AM WHILE THE FAR NORTH WAS
MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SCT SHRA/TSRA. WITH POSITIVELY TILTED H5 TROF
PIVOTING ACRS THE UPR MIDWEST/NRN GREAT LAKES TODAY INTO
TONIGHT...MEAN LEVEL FLOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL PARALLEL CURRENT
FRONT...CAUSING FOR A SLOW SOUTHEAST PUSH THROUGH OUR REGION. 06Z
MESO ETA SHOWS INCREASING LOW LVL CONV THROUGHOUT THE DAY AHEAD OF
THE FRONT...ESPECIALLY ACRS THE WAP...DAY AND CMH LOCATIONS
...SHIFTING GRADUALLY ACRS THE SOUTH INTO THE EVENING HOURS. IN
CONJUNCTION WITH THE INCREASING LOW LVL FORCING...FAVORABLE RR QUAD
OF 300 MB JET WILL SUPPLY UPR DIV LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. WITH ENOUGH SS THIS AM...SB CAPES MAY APCH 3000 J/KG
WITH 50 MB AVE CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG. ALTHOUGH THE POTENTIAL WILL
EXIST FOR SVR WX IN TERMS OF DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL...A BIG CONCERN
FOR OUR AREA WILL BE A HEAVY RAIN THREAT. MODELS SHOW INCREASING
DEEP MSTR TO SHIFT INTO THE CWFA THIS AFTN AND TONIGHT. PWS ARE
FCST TO APCH 1.75 INCHES WITH PCPN EFFICIENCIES JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER
THIS VALUE AT 1.6. AVE FFG VALUES ACRS THE REGION ARE IN THE
MODERATE RANGE...AROUND 1.5 INCHES. EVEN THOUGH THUNDERSTORMS
SHOULD BE ON THE MOVE FROM A 260 AT 20 KT SPEED...CONCERN IS FOR
CONTINUOUS TSTM TRAINING ACRS THE SAME REGIONS. AS A RESULT...PLAN
ON ISSUING A FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM
THIS EVENING...AND WILL LET THE PUBLIC FCSTER DECIDE HOW LONG HE MAY
WANT TO EXTEND THIS WATCH INTO TONIGHT.
WITH CURRENT SUNSHINE ACRS THE SRN CWFA...WILL BUMP TEMPS UP.
.ILN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 6 PM FOR INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-
KYZ089>096-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-
077-078.
HICKMANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
950 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0520 PM 6 NW LOGAN OH .75 INCH HAIL
06/04/02 HOCKING
0600 PM 4 E PEEBLES OH WIND DAMAGE
06/04/02 ADAMS TREES DOWN
KHINZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-052200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1110 AM EDT WED JUN 5 2002 ...SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN INTO SOUTHERN ILLINOIS THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS AHEAD OF THIS FRONT IS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL AND STORM SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR UPDATES ON THIS WEATHER SITUATION. HICKMAN
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:12 UTC.
7 flood, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong winds were responsible for a tree falling on a building in town, causing some minor damage.
Power lines were downed across the county.
Trees were knocked down along Union Road, and power lines were downed along US Route 40.
Large tree limbs were downed with patio furniture destroyed at a residence.
Large limbs were downed along State Route 4. Three power poles fell along US Route 42 southeast of Marysville.
Trees were knocked down throughout town, with one falling on a semitruck at the intersection of Taylorsville and Rip Rap Roads.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
A line of severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a frontal boundary during the early afternoon across the Miami Valley. Heavy rain accompanied the storms, cuasing high water on roadways and minor urban flooding in the Cincinnati and Columbus metro areas. Parked vehicles were trapped in standing water for a short time in Urbana.
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, June 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: 5303553, 5304378, 5303555, 5303561, 5303554, 5303557, 5303556, 5303558, 5303560, 5303559, 5304379, 5304377, 5304376, 5304375, 5303562, 5303625, 5303626, 5303627.