3 flood, 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 May 13, 2:05 AM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 305 AM EDT MON MAY 13 2002 06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED LOW PRESSURE OVER NORTHEAST OHIO AND COLD FRONT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST OHIO TO JUST EAST OF INDIANAPOLIS SOUTHWEST TO ANOTHER LOW LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST ARKANSAS. WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION MOVING NORTHEAST WITH EMBEDED CONVECTION MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG THE FRONT. ETA AND AVN HAVE COME MORE IN LINE WITH TRACK OF LOW AND COLD FRONT TODAY THROUGH TUESDAY. BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCIES CENTERED AROUND 12Z IN THE SOUTH AND EAST AND DECREASING IN AFTERNOON HOURS. WILL KEEP PRECIPITATION GOING FOR MOST OF THE AREA THURSDAY AND INDICATE MAINLY MORNING FOR NW. WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WATCH SOUTHERN ZONES THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. AVN INDICATES WRAP AROUND MOISTURE BEHIND THE LOW AND WILL ADD CHANCE POPS TO CENTRAL OHIO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INSTABILITY SHOWERS ON TUESDAY. CURRENT FORECAST TEMPERATURES LOOK FAIRLY GOOD. WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS USING COMBINATION OF AVIATION AND NGM MOS. .ILN... IN...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY FOR ZONES INZ073>075...INZ080. KY...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON TODAY FOR ZONES KYZ089>100. OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MIDA AFTERNOON TODAY FOR ZONES OHZ070>074...OHZ077>082...OHZ088. PARKER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains inundated portions of southwest Ohio during the morning. Several areas saw two to three inches of rain, causing numerous road closures because of high water.
Heavy rains inundated portions of southwest Ohio during the morning. Several areas saw two to three inches of rain, causing numerous road closures because of high water.
Heavy rains inundated portions of southwest Ohio during the morning. Several areas saw two to three inches of rain, causing numerous road closures because of high water.
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, May 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: 5299213, 5299214, 5299215.