Hail, Lewis
- When
- July 12, 4:20 PM EST to 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Lewis County, 10 mi E of Vanceburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.600, -83.067
Hail in Kentucky, July 12, 2003
1 hail, 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
- None recorded
- 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 Jul 12, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 1:40 PM EST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 240 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG A LINE FROM CENTRAL OHIO SOUTHWEST THROUGH SOUTHEAST INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON. S/WV TO DROP SE THROUGH SOUTHERN IND AND NORTHERN KY THIS EVENING PROVIDING PVA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG THIS LINE AND TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ISSUED FOR MOST OF THIS AREA AT ABOUT 1 PM. UPPER LOW OVER CANADA WILL CONTINUE NW FLOW OVER REGION THROUGH MONDAY. SURFACE BOUNDARY/FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN OHIO AND INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE SOUTH OF FORECAST AREA SUNDAY WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING INTO AREA. SFC HI PRES TO DOMINATE ON SUN. WILL GO CLOSE TO CURRENT TEMPERATURE FORECAST...BUT A DEGREE WARMER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. NEXT CHC FOR PRECIP STILL LOOKS TO BE ON WED WITH NEXT FNTL SYS. .ILN...NONE. MJP
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 4:00 AM EST, 12 hours 20 minutes before
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-121100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:25 PM EST, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0425 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM PEEBLES OH 0.75 IN HAIL
07/12/03 ADAMS
GATLocal storm report, Jul 12, 3:27 PM EST, 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0427 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 PM 5 NE HILLSBORO OH WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 HIGHLAND ONE TREE FELL ON A TRAILER
IN ROCKY FORK STATE PARK.
GATLocal storm report, Jul 12, 3:28 PM EST, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0428 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM 10 W PIKETON OH WIND DAMAGE
07/12/03 PIKE ONE TREE DOWN ON MELODY
ROAD IN WESTERN PIKE
COUNTY.
GATLocal storm report, Jul 12, 3:31 PM EST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0431 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0330 PM 10 W PIKETON OH 0.50 IN HAIL
07/12/03 PIKE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
COVERING THE GROUND NEAR
KINCADE. DEPTH ON GROUND
WAS 2 INCHES.
GATLocal storm report, Jul 12, 3:52 PM EST, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
0452 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0440 PM SOUTH WEBSTER OH 1.00 IN HAIL
07/12/03 SCIOTO HAIL COVERED THE GROUND.
GATSpecial weather statement, Jul 12, 4:08 PM EST, 12 minutes before
KYZ089>100-OHZ054>056-063>065-071>074-077>082-088-122130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 508 PM EDT SAT JUL 12 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 731 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL OHIO... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WATCH HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. THEREFORE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN KENTUCKY....SOUTHERN OHIO AND PARTS OF CENTRAL OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELED.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:20 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in California, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Heat in California, July 12 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 12, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 2003
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 12, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 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: 5334368.