4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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 Jul 4, 6:28 PM EST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 728 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 HAVE UPDATED ZONES FOR NEW WATCH UNTIL 4Z THAT INCLUDES MOST OF COUNTIES NOT IN OTHER WATCH UNTIL 4Z SAVE SOME KY COUNTIES. WIND DAMAGE WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT BUT ROTATION HAS BEEN SEEN IN SOME OF THE STORMS IN THE NW. .ILN... SVR TS WATCH UNTIL 9 PM EDT FOR OHZ026-034-035-042>044-051>053 OHZ045-046-054>056 SVR TS WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT FOR INZ050-058-059-OHZ060>062 OHZ063>065-074-77 INZ066-073>075-080-KYZ091>093-OHZ070>072-078 OHZ073-079>082-088 HEAT ADVISORY FOR HAMILTON COUNTY THROUGH SATURDAY 8 PM. CENTER
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-041130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 533 AM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CREATE HEAT INDICES BETWEEN 95 AND 100 TODAY. AS A RESULT A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR CINCINNATI (HAMILTON COUNTY). THE THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS MAINLY AFTER SUNSET NORTH OF DAYTON AND COLUMBUS AS A COLD FRONT SLIDES SOUTH INTO NORTHERN OHIO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN OHIO SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL BRING AFTERNOON/EVENING THREATS OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TONIGHT...SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. TIPTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
437 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0420 PM COLUMBUS OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 FRANKLIN TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN
ON THE NORTH AND WEST SIDES
OF TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
441 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OHIO WIND DAMAGE
200307 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES DOWN IN
TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
452 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES DOWN IN
TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
200307 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLG
...CORRECTION TO FORMAT...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
457 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0310 PM BELLEFONTAINE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 LOGAN A FEW POWER POLES
DOWN REPORTED BY LAW TOWN...REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0340 PM MARYSVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 UNION LARGE LIMBS
DOWN...REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT. ENFORCEMENT.
RLG
...CORRECTION TO FORMAT...PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
740 PM EDT FRI JUL 4 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM 5 NW CELINA OH WIND DAMAGE
07/04/03 MERCER SEVERAL TREES DOWN AND
LARGE LIMBS...REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTER AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGThe Indianapolis radar (KIND), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:28 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were downed across the county. A few trees fell on homes in Centerville and Richmond, causing minor damage. A horse stable was destroyed near Hagerstown.
Trees were knocked down.
Trees were downed.
A tree fell on a shelter house at a ball park, causing minor damage. A few other trees and powerlines were downed in town.
A complex of intense thunderstorms moved across southeast Indiana, producing locally heavy rainfall up to three inches. In Union county, a few roads were flooded and closed near Liberty.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, July 2003
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: 5330247, 5330249, 5330248, 5330250, 5330251.