Heavy Rain, Lawrence
- When
- March 1, 12:00 AM EST to March 31, 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Lawrence forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.599, -82.537 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Rain in Ohio, March 1 to 31, 2002
Total monthly precipitation was 8 to 9 inches across southern portions of the county. 6 inches, more than double the normal value.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS RLX wrote it up.
Total monthly precipitation was 8 to 9 inches across southern portions of the county. South Point had 8.6 inches, more than double the normal value.
What forecasters said that day
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 Charleston, WV wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 28, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON WV 930 PM EST THU FEB 28 2002 MSTR INCREASING IN WARM AIR ADVECTION AT 5-10 THSD - WILL BRING PATCHY CLDS TO LWR MISKINGGUM AND HOCKING VLY AND EXTRM NRN WV OVRNGT. WILL FINE TUNE SKY-TEMP-MIN TEMP GRIDS JUST A BIT. RECORD REPORT WAS SENT OUT THIS EVENING ON PRELIM FEB PCPN TOTALS AT BKW - WITH FACTS FOR HTS-CRW-EKN INCLUDED. WV...NONE. VA...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. .END / KTB
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hurricane in Guam, March 1 to 4, 2002
- High Wind in Nevada, March 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold in Georgia, March 1 to 5, 2002
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, March 1, 2002
- High Wind in Louisiana, March 1, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 1 to 2, 2002
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, March 1 to 2, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 1, 2002
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 2002
- Winter Storm in Iowa, March 1 to 3, 2002
- Drought in New Jersey, March 1 to 31, 2002
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, March 2002
Sources
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: 5283023.