Ohio, 2002Tornado in Ohio, May 9, 2002
May 9, 2002 · NWS ILN · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- 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 May 9, 2:02 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:02 PM EST, 3 hours 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
258 AM EDT THU MAY 9 2002
LATEST SFC MAP SHOWS COLD FRONT IN WESTERN OHIO. CLEAR SKIES WEST
OF IND. FWC HAS FINALLY STABILIZED ON LOWS TONIGHT AND IS CLOSE TO
ETA WITH MAV A LITTLE WARMER AT CMH.
FWC GETTING WARMER AND WARMER FOR FRIDAY. THICKNESSES...MAV AND
SNDG TECHNIQUES POINT TO A 63 TO 68 RANGE. WILL GO COOLER THAN FWC.
TEMPS AT CVG FRIDAY NIGHT DEPEND ON CLOUD COVER. AVN AND ETA
SUGGESTS MID DECK MAY BE THERE AROUND 6Z-9Z. WOULD LIKE TO GO LOWER
HERE BUT CLOUDS MAKE UPPER 40S LOOK REASONABLE. DAY AND CMH LOOK
CLOSE TO GUIDANCE.
SATURDAY IS ANOTHER PROBLEM WITH RESPECT TO TEMPERATURE. ETA IS MID
70S FOR CVG WHILE FWC IS UPPER 60S. MAV IS COLDER IN THE MID 60S.
AVN AND ETA SHOW 70 TO 80 TEMPS OVER KY AT 18Z. CVG WOULD HAVE TO
GET WARM BOUNDARY LATE TO GET THAT WARM. CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND
T-STORMS IN AFTERNOON COULD KEEP TEMPS DOWN A BIT. WILL ONLY GO
SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN FWC. DAY AND CMH LOOK OK.
BUMPED DOWN TEMPS SOMEWHAT EARLY NEXT WEEK.
ILN...NONE.
CENTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 11:25 AM EST, 5 hours 44 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-091800-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1225 PM EDT THU MAY 9 2002
...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING
HAVE STABILIZED THE ATMOSPHERE. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...SKIES WILL REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY
WHICH WILL LIMIT HEATING AHEAD OF THE FRONT. THE AIR MASS COULD
BECOME MARGINALLY UNSTABLE AGAIN AND THUS AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM
REMAINS POSSIBLE. BUT GIVEN THE LIMITED INSTABILITY...THE CHANCE OF
SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED.
Tornado, Clinton
- When
- May 9, 5:09 PM EST to 5:12 PM EST
- Where
- Clinton County, 5 mi N of Wilmington
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.517, -83.833
A weak tornado touched down just west of the Interstate 71/US Route 68 interchange, skipping across the interstate for a few minutes before lifting back into the clouds. Minor structural damage occurred at the exit to the Bush RV Center and at the Ramada Plaza Hotel. Several cars parked in the Ramada lot had windows blown out.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Illinois, May 9, 20022 deaths · F1 · 1 event
- Flooding in Alaska, May 9 to 13, 2002$2.0 million · 2 events
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 2002$711,000 · 6 events
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 2002$230,000 · 2 events
- Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, May 9, 2002$200,000 · 2 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 9 to 11, 2002$40,000 · 1.75 in hail · 32 events
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 2002$100,000 · 52 kt wind · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 9, 2002$100,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 9, 2002$62,000 · 1.75 in hail · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 9, 2002$40,000 · 52 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 9, 2002$40,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, May 9, 2002$30,000 · 1 event
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: 5299007.