4 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 9, 3:15 PM EST, 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 315 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 CLASSIC HIGH WIND EVENT FOR THE RGN ONGOING. DYNAMIC STORM SYS CONTS TO WRAP UP...HELPED GREATLY BY INTRUSION OF STRATOSPHERIC AIR EVIDENT ON THE TOP/OMA SNDGS THIS MORNING AT H3 AND ABV. MODEL TIMEHEIGHTS ADVERTISE VERTICAL THETA SFCS THRU THIS EVE...WHICH WL CONT TO SUPPORT BRINGING THE 50 KT WINDS TO THE SFC. BASED ON UPSTREAM OBS...INCLUDING 60 KTS AT BMI LAST HOUR IN ILLINIOS...WL LIKELY EXTEND THE WARNING THRU MIDNIGHT OVER THE NORTH. OTHW...WL EXTEND ADVSRY THRU MIDNIGHT...AND THEN GRADUALLY TAPER OFF TO 15-25 BY LATE TNGT. GUID TEMPS LK RSNBL. LKS LIKE SOM LLVL MSTR WL LINGER OVER THE NORTH ON SUNDAY...WHERE WL INDC PCLDY SKIES. OTHW...LKS LIKE A FAIR AMNT OF SMS (STRONG MARCH SUN) WHICH WL LIKELY ALLOW TEMPS TO APPRCH THE WARMER FWC NUMBERS. WL INDC MCLR SUN NIGHT...THEN PCLDY ON MONDAY AS HIGH/MID LVL MSTR INCREASES AHD OF NEXT SYS. HV RAISED THE FWC IN THE STRENGTHENING WAA PATTERN ON MONDAY. WL INTRODUCE CHC POPS ALL ZONES ON MON NIGHT. ZFP CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED TO CLEAR WATCH IN THE WEST. THIS SHUD BE OUT ARND 345. MAIN ISSUANCE LIKELY BY 445 THIS AFTN DUE TO ONGOING ACTIVE WX. AFD WILL BE REISSUED WITH FINAL HEADLINES. .ILN...HIGH WIND WARNING ENTIRE CWFA UNTIL 7 PM. JOHNSTONE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
253 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0244 PM MIDDLETOWN OH 59 MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 BUTLER
JFPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
325 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0321 PM 2SE WILMINGTON OH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 CLINTON 61 MPH WIND GUST MEASURED
0310 PM ANNA OH MPH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 SHELBY 67 MPH WIND GUST MEASUREDKYZ091>093-OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051>053-060>062-070>072-077-078- 092045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 327 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM WESTERN OHIO AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST. PADGETT
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
351 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0333 PM OSTRANDER OH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 DELAWARE 76 MPH MEASUREDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
359 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
COUNTYWIDE
0150 PM IN NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 FAYETTE TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
0155 PM IN NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 WAYNE 50 TREES DOWN COUNTYWIDE
0155 PM IN NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 FRANKLIN TREES AND POLES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0210 PM IN NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 DEARBORN SEVERAL TREES DOWN
0210 PM OH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 MERCER TREES AND POLES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE
0210 PM OH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 DARKE TREES AND POLES DOWN
COUNTYWIDE. ROOF BLOWN OFF
BARN.
0210 PM IN NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 SWITZERLAND SEVERAL TREES DOWN
COUNTYWIDEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
406 PM EST SAT MAR 9 2002
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0359 PM GROVE CITY OH NON TSTM WIND GUST
03/09/02 FRANKLIN 84 MPH GUST. 6 INCH
TREE SNAPPED OFF AT
BASE.
JFThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were blown down in the eastern part of the county.
Several trees were blown down in the eastern part of the county.
Trees were blown down in town.
Trees were blown down in town.
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, March 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: 5286973, 5286975, 5286974, 5286976.