4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 5:32 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 632 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003 AMS OVER OH WAS STABILIZED BY MORNING MCS WHICH TRACKED ACRS THE AREA. THIS WAS EVIDENT ON VIS SATL IMGRY IN LACK OF CU FIELD. AMS IS RELOADING WITH SFC DWPTS IN THE LWR AND MID 70S ENCROACHING INTO SW OH AND CU FIELD DEVELOPING ACRS THIS AREA. LTST SFC MAP SHWS MESO HI OVR NRN IL WITH OUTFLOW BNDRY PUSING ACRS IN. NXT MCS HAS DVLPD ALONG THIS BNDRY WHERE SBCAPES OF 2000-2500 J/KG EXIST. EXPECT THIS MCS TO DROP ESE FOLLOWING INSTBY AXIS INTO SW OH WHERE NRN PERIPHERY OF CU FIELD EXISTS. DELTA THETA-E IN THE UPR 20S WL SUPP DAMAGING WINDS. WBZ HGTS ARND 11.5 KFT WL BE A LTL HIGH FOR WIDESPREAD LARGE HAIL BUT IN SOME OF THE BETTER UPDRAFTS HAIL WL BE PSBL. HAVE UPDATED ZONES AND GRIDS FOR THIS TSTM COMPLEX AND TO REFLECT CHANCES FOR SVR. .ILN...NONE. AR
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-051100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 455 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. FLOODING IS ALSO A THREAT...THUS A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE WHITEWATER AND MIAMI VALLEYS...CENTRAL OHIO AND ALL OF WEST CENTRAL OHIO THROUGH 4 PM. THE FIRST ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY AFFECT THE WESTERN OHIO AND PARTS OF EASTERN INDIANA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY AND/OR TONIGHT. TIPTON
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 98 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:10 UTC.
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were downed across town. One tree fell on Third Street, causing the road to close for a short period of time.
Large limbs and powerlines were knocked down.
Trees were downed near Brookville Lake and Cedar Grove.
Six trees were knocked down in town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5329395, 5329394, 5329396, 5329397.