8 winter storm, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Nov 22, 4:05 AM EST, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 405 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2002 RADAR SHOWS PLENTY OF PRECIPITATION WRAPPING AROUND UPPER LOW MOVING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. MOST OF THIS PRECIPITATION SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED OVER TO SNOW. MEANWHILE AHEAD OF THE LOW NOT MUCH GOING ON AND WHAT PRECIPITATION THERE IS APPEARS TO BE RAIN. HAVE GOTTEN SOME REPORTS OF AROUND AN INCH ACCUMULATION IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO. MODELS IN FAIRLY GOOD AGREEMENT IN TRACKING UPPER LOW EAST ACROSS THE STATE TODAY. EXPECT WRAP AROUND PRECIPITATION TO WORK ALL OF THE WAY DOWN TO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO. SO WILL GO WITH CATEGORICAL POPS EXCEPT FOR THE SOUTHWEST WHERE WILL JUST HOLD ON TO LIKELY. AND THAT MAY BE ON THE HIGH SIDE FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST AS THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A FAIRLY SHARP CUT OFF TO THIS PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER THIS PART OF THE FORECAST AREA COULD SEE SOME LAKE EFFECT/ENHANCED SNOW SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON FROM LAKE MICHIGAN. PRECIPITATION IN CENTRAL OHIO WILL START AS RAIN OR A RAIN/SNOW MIX BUT SHOULD CHANGE OVER BY MID MORNING. MODELS INDICATE BEST FORCING AND LIFT TO SKIRT ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES DURING THE DAY. COULD GET 2 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL THERE WITH 1 TO 2 A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH. WITH THIS BEING THE FIRST EVENT OF THE SEASON PUBLIC IMPACTS MIGHT BE A LITTLE GREATER SO WILL GO AHEAD AND ISSUE AN ADVISORY FOR ABOUT THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA. WILL GO WITH AN INCH OR LESS ELSEWHERE. EXPECT JUST SOME LINGERING FLURRIES ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. THEN AS LOW LEVEL RIDGE MOVES EASTWARD TOWARD THE REGION LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SHOULD DECREASE. HOWEVER ABOUT THE TIME LOW CLOUDS WILL BE DIMINISHING IT APPEARS THAT MID LEVEL CLOUDS WILL BE ADVANCING IN FROM THE WEST. EXPECT THESE CLOUDS TO PERSIST THROUGH SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. DO NOT SEE MUCH IN THE WAY OF FORCING SO WILL KEEP FORECAST DRY FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE WEEKEND. ETA LOOKS TOO AGGRESSIVE WITH PUSHING THE NEXT FRONT THROUGH AND WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. GFS MAY BE A BIT SLOW BUT LEANED MORE TOWARDS THAT SOLUTION. NOT MUCH DIURNAL RANGE IN TEMPERATURES TODAY WITH COLD ADVECTION ON GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS. BEYOND THE FIRST PERIOD FELT THAT MAV TEMPERATURES WERE CONTINUING TO SHOW A COLD BIAS OF ONE TO TWO DEGREES. .ILN... IN...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY INZ50. KY...NONE. OH...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TODAY OHZ034>036-042>046-051>056- 060>065-071-072-074.
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-230945- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 446 AM EST FRI NOV 22 2002 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THIS MORNING FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO...THE MIAMI VALLEY AND PARTS OF THE WHITEWATER VALLEYS WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THIS MORNING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF PIQUA AND SPRINGFIELD WILL BE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES AND 1 TO 2 INCHES ELSEWHERE. ALSO...IN CENTRAL OHIO...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TODAY WHERE LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING...AND MAY START OUT AS A WINTERY MIX. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES BY THIS AFTERNOON...WITH THE BEST ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF COLUMBUS. OTHER AREAS WILL SEE LESSER ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
Lake effect snow bands developed in northwest flow and moved across west central Ohio during the morning, continuing into the afternoon across central Ohio. Most areas received two to four inches, with higher amounts of 6 to 7 inches from Bellefontaine north to Kenton.
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, November 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: 5324426, 5324427, 5324428, 5324429, 5324430, 5324431, 5324432, 5324433.