Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 30, 2003

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, April 30, 2003
Start: 2003-04-30T12:53
End: 2003-04-30T20:01
Location: Ohio

April 30, 2003 · NWS ILN · 11 events in 7 counties and zones

10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 11

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 Apr 30, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 9:50 AM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1050 AM EDT WED APR 30 2003

HAVE ADJUSTED WINDS TODAY AND WILL NOT CHANGE MUCH ELSE ASIDE FROM A
POSSIBLE BUMP IN HIGH TEMPS OVER THE SOUTHWEST. SKY COVER FROM MODEL
RH FIELDS WOULD SUGGEST HIGH CLOUDS FOR A GOOD PORTION OF THE DAY
AND SOME SC AT DIFFERENT LEVELS DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

WMFNT CURRENTLY OVER OHIO RIVER IS PROGGED TO MOVE N OF FCST AREA
TODAY AND MOST ACTIVITY SHOULD REMAIN ALONG OR N OF THIS FRONT.
HOWEVER, A NOTICEABLE VORT ON SATELLITE IMAGERY SEEMS TO BE HANDLED
FAIRLY WELL WITH THE MODELS AND THEY INDICATE THAT IT WILL MOVE ENE
TOWARDS THE SCIOTO RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON.

SHOWER ACTIVITY SEEMS TO BE OCCURRING UNDERNEATH THE VORT EARLY
TODAY THOUGH MOST OF THIS DOESNT APPEAR TO BE REACHING THE GROUND.
ADD A LITTLE DAYTIME HEATING AND I THINK THAT ILL BE BUMPING THE
POPS OVER SRN FCST AREA TO 50 AND MENTION SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS VS THE CHANCE WORDING WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THERE. WITH
THIS THINKING, WILL NOT BUMP HIGH TEMPS BY THAT MUCH AND LEAVE
CURRENT UPPER 70S/AROUND 80 IN ZONES.

ISC GRIDDS UPDATED BY TOP OF THE HOUR AND ZONES OUT SHORTLY
AFTERWARDS.

ILN...NONE.

FRANKS

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 4:07 AM EST, 8 hours 46 minutes before

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
507 AM EDT WED APR 30 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A WARM FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY.  DAYTIME
HEATING WILL CAUSE THE ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE...AND THUNDERSTORMS
ARE EXPCTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON.  SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE
STRONG TO SEVERE...WITH LARGE HAIL THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

AFTER BRIEFLY LIFTING NORTH INTO LOWER MICHIGAN TONIGHT...THE
FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL DROP BACK TO THE SOUTH ON THURSDAY.  SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
THROUGH FRIDAY AS THE FRONT SLOWLY SAGS ACROSS THE REGION.  THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL EXIST THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

RYAN

The radar

The Charleston,WV radar (KRLX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:55 UTC.

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Event by event

10 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Scioto

When: April 30, 12:53 PM EST to 12:58 PM EST
Where: Scioto County, 1 mi SE of Wheelersburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 38.717, -82.817

Hail, Fayette

When: April 30, 2:15 PM EST to 2:19 PM EST
Where: Fayette County, 5 mi S of Pancoastburg
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: POST OFFICE
Coordinates: 39.550, -83.267

Thunderstorm Wind, Pickaway

When: April 30, 2:20 PM EST to 2:25 PM EST
Where: Pickaway County, 2 mi W of Circleville
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $3,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.600, -82.983

Trees and large limbs were downed in town.

Hail, Mercer

When: April 30, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
Where: Mercer County, 4 mi W of Celina
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
Coordinates: 40.550, -84.650

Hail, Franklin

When: April 30, 2:45 PM EST to 2:50 PM EST
Where: Franklin County, Bexley
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 39.967, -82.917

Hail, Auglaize

When: April 30, 3:00 PM EST to 3:05 PM EST
Where: Auglaize County, Minster
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.400, -84.367

Hail, Pickaway

When: April 30, 3:06 PM EST to 3:11 PM EST
Where: Pickaway County, Circleville
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 39.600, -82.950

Hail, Shelby

When: April 30, 3:15 PM EST to 3:20 PM EST
Where: Shelby County, Mc Cartyville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.383, -84.250

Hail, Mercer

When: April 30, 3:50 PM EST to 3:55 PM EST
Where: Mercer County, Celina
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.550, -84.567

Hail, Auglaize

When: April 30, 4:25 PM EST to 4:30 PM EST
Where: Auglaize County, New Bremen
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.433, -84.383

Hail, Mercer

When: April 30, 7:56 PM EST to 8:01 PM EST
Where: Mercer County, Coldwater
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.400, -84.617

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Ohio in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, April 2003

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: 5348463, 5348453, 5348454, 5348455, 5348456, 5348457, 5348462, 5348458, 5348459, 5348460, 5348461.