3 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 May 15, 9:45 AM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1045 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003 SFC BOUNDARY ACRS SRN IN ATTM...WTH SHRA AND TSRA FIRING UP JUST S. WILL UPDATE FORECAST TO REMOVE MORNING WORDING. WL TWEAK TEMPS UP SLIGHTLY ALSO. WL BE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY A SCATTERED HAIL AND/OR FLOOD THREAT ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH. .ILN...NONE. JDR
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-151100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 500 AM EDT THU MAY 15 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS IN PLACE ACROSS THE REGION TO PRODUCE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER TODAY.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
An area of strong thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain in a little over an hour. The heavy rain caused high water on numerous roads, and several creeks rose out of their banks.
An area of strong thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain in a little over an hour. The heavy rain caused high water on numerous roads, and several creeks rose out of their banks.
An area of strong thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain in a little over an hour. The heavy rain caused high water on numerous roads, and several creeks rose out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kentucky in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, May 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: 5363418, 5363480, 5363481.