Flood, Adams
- When
- March 16, 12:15 AM EST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.846, -83.472 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One foot of water covered state route 247.
Flood in Ohio, March 16, 2002
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 15, 9:09 PM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:09 PM EST, 3 hours 6 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 909 PM EST FRI MAR 15 2002 FRONT IS BISECTING CWA FROM SW-NE BASICALLY ALONG THE I-71 CORRIDOR. STORMS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT ARE VERY WELL TILTED...AND SOME ELEVATED CORES HAVE PRODUCED LARGE HAIL IN KY. OTHER STORMS IN COLD AIR SEEM TO BE BEHAVING...BUT ARE STILL THROWING OUT A GOOD BIT OF PEA OR SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL. WILL INCREASE CHANCE OF PRECIP TO CATEGORICAL COVERAGE OVER ENTIRE FCST AREA AND TIDY UP THE WINDS WHERE I CAN. TEMPS IN CMH AREA SHOULD BE COOLER NORTH OF THE CITY AND WARMER SOUTH. WILL OPEN A RANGE IN LOWS TONIGHT. REST OF FCST SEEMS REASONABLE. .ILN...NONE. FRANKS
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 15, 7:51 PM EST, 4 hours 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
751 PM EST FRI MAR 15 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0742 PM MAYS LICK KY .75 INCH HAIL
03/15/02 MASON
GATThe radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Tennessee, March 16 to 22, 2002
- Avalanche in Utah, March 16, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, March 16, 2002
- Winter Weather in California, March 16, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, March 16 to 17, 2002
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, March 16 to 18, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Utah, March 16 to 17, 2002
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 16 to 19, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, March 16, 2002
- High Wind in California, March 16 to 18, 2002
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, March 16, 2002
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, March 16 to 17, 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: 5286979.