Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- August 2, 2:30 AM EST to 2:34 AM EST
- Where
- Grant County, 2 mi W of Williamstown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 38.633, -84.583
Trees were downed.
Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 2, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- 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 Aug 1, 9:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 9:00 PM EST, 5 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1000 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 MOIST SOUTHWEST FLOW PERSISTS ALOFT. SHORT WAVE OVER ILLINOIS IS ENHANCING CONVECTION THAT IS MAINLY OVER NORTHERN INDIANA AND NORTHWEST OHIO. WIDELY SCATTERED TSRA ARE TRAILING THE MAIN ACTIVITY INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN INDIANA. WITH ACTIVITY NOT YET AFFECTING MOST OF OUR AREA...CHANCE POPS STILL LOOK GOOD FOR TONIGHT. REST OF FORECAST IS STILL HOLDING UP WELL SO NO UPDATE IS NEEDED AT THIS POINT. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 4:30 AM EST, 22 hours before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-011115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 530 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON. IT WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR AN ISOLATED STORM TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS AND HAIL ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE FORECAST AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 1, 10:38 PM EST, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
1138 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1128 PM SAINT MARYS OH WIND DAMAGE
08/01/03 AUGLAIZE SEVERAL TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
TRAINED SPOTTER.
RLGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 12:46 AM EST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
146 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1243 AM COUNTYWIDE OH FLOOD
08/02/03 MERCER HIGH WATER ON SEVRAL ROADS
RLGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 1:08 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
208 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0145 AM BELLEFONTAINE OHIO WIND DAMAGE
08/02/03 LOGAN 2 TREES DOWN REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT.
RLGLocal storm report, Aug 2, 1:42 AM EST, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON, OH
242 AM EDT SAT AUG 2 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1250 AM GREENVILLE OH WIND DAMAGE
08/02/03 DARKE TREES DOWN
1250 AM ANSONIA OH WIND DAMAGE
08/02/03 DARKE TREES DOWN
RLGThe radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 109 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flood and Flood in Ohio, August 2, 2003
- Flood in Florida, August 2 to 31, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Illinois, August 2 to 3, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Strong Wind in Mississippi, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding in New York, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 2, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, August 2, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Massachusetts, August 2, 2003
- Hail in Wisconsin, August 2, 2003
More
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Sources
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: 5376875.