5 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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 7, 1:15 AM EST, 0 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 215 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 KILN SHOWING LEWP MOVING THROUGH FA AT THE MOMENT WITH KIWX SHOWING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OVER NORTHERN INDIANA. LAST FEW IMAGES INDICATES OUTFLOW BEGINING TO OUTRUN THE LINE. IR IMAGERY INDICATES CLOUD TOPS WARMING OVER FA WITH A COOLING TREND OVER NORHTERN INDIANA. MAY HAVE TO EXTEND FLOOD WATCH OVER WEST CENTRAL OHIO AS DEVELOPMENT OVER NORHTERN INDIANA DRIFTS TO THE EAST. WILL MAKE AN AUDIBLE BY 7 AM. FORECAST WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH AS SOME CLEARING WILL TAKE PLACE TODAY TO ALLOW ATMOSPHER TO BECOME MODERATLY UNSTABLE. LEFT OVER BOUNDARYS WILL PROVIDE THE FOCUS. HOWEVER THE BEST FORCING APPEARS TO HOLD OFF UNTIL OVERNIGHT. SAME SCENARIO FOR TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. EXCEPT, THERE APPEARS TO BE BETTER FORCING. MAV TEMPS LOOK REASONABLE. .ILN...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 8 AM FOR WEST CENTRAL OHIO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE MIAMI VALLEY. IN...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 2 AM EST FROM RIPLEY AND DEARBORN COUNTIES NORTH. KY...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 3 AM EDT FOR BOONE/CAMPBELL/KENTON COUNTIES. TIPTON
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-061045- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 453 AM EDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THESE STORMS COULD ALSO CREATE FLOODING PROBLEMS ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT OCCUR NORTH OF I-70. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THREAT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MOST AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS AS A NEARLY STATIONARY FRONT OSCILLATES OVER THE OHIO VALLEY. LOCALIZED FLOODING THREAT WILL ALSO EXIST. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. TIPTON
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1241 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1235 AM SAINT MARYS OH FLASH FLOOD
07/07/03 AUGLAIZE STREETS FLOODED REPORTED
BY TRAINED SPOTTER.
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
103 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0102 AM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOOD
07/07/03 DARKE HIGH WATER ON ROADS
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
111 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0107 AM ROSSBURG OH FLOOD
07/07/03 DARKE 5-6 INCHES OF WATER ON SR
118 AND HIGH WATER ON ROADS
IN TOWN REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
PM
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
116 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0112 AM ANNA OH FLOOD
07/07/03 SHELBY HIGH WATER ON ROADS
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
122 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 AM 1 N GREENVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
07/07/03 DARKE SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN
RLGPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
207 AM EDT MON JUL 7 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0204 AM BELLEFONTAINE OHIO FLASH FLOOD
07/07/03 LOGAN HIGH WATER ON ROADS
RLGThe Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:46 UTC.
5 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Clusters of thunderstorms continuously moved across the Whitewater Valley during the early morning. Two to four inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood and small streams to rise out of their banks. An automobile was washed off of a slab bridge on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County near Brookville.
Clusters of thunderstorms continuously moved across the Whitewater Valley during the early morning. Two to four inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood and small streams to rise out of their banks. An automobile was washed off of a slab bridge on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County near Brookville.
Clusters of thunderstorms continuously moved across the Whitewater Valley during the early morning. Two to four inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood and small streams to rise out of their banks. An automobile was washed off of a slab bridge on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County near Brookville.
Clusters of thunderstorms continuously moved across the Whitewater Valley during the early morning. Two to four inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood and small streams to rise out of their banks. An automobile was washed off of a slab bridge on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County near Brookville.
Clusters of thunderstorms continuously moved across the Whitewater Valley during the early morning. Two to four inches fell, causing numerous roads to flood and small streams to rise out of their banks. An automobile was washed off of a slab bridge on Big Cedar Road in Franklin County near Brookville.
A sign was blown off a hardware store, and a few trees were downed.
Numerous roads were flooded, with four roads closed.
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: 5329423, 5329421, 5329422, 5329424, 5329493, 5329419, 5329420.