1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 1, 12:30 PM EST, 6 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 130 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 UPR LO RMNS OVR LK SUP THRU THE NXT FEW DAYS SO HUMID WX WL CONT. SHRT WVS ROTATE THRU AHD OF MAIN LO...MORE INCLINED TO GO WITH THE LWR FWC POPS. HOWEVER MASS OF PCPN IN MI BLDING SW SO WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS IN THAT AREA TNGHT...PLUS THE FACT THAT SELS PUT THAT AREA IN SLGT RSK. TEMPS SHDNT CHG MUCH NXT FEW DAYS WITH STAGNANT PATRN. .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE.
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-011300- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 654 AM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
OHZ003-006-017-012110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 440 PM EDT FRI AUG 1 2003 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10PM THIS EVENING FOR NORTHWEST OHIO. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STORMS ENTERING NORTHWEST OHIO AND THEY SHOULD BE IN LUCAS... WOOD AND HANCOCK COUNTIES BETWEEN 5 AND 5 30 PM. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE STRONG WINDS.. HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. PERSONS IN NORTHWEST OHIO SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER THROUGH THIS EVENING AND BE READY TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. THOMPSON
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:33 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds estimated to be at least 58 mph blew down 15 to 20 tents at the Wood County Fairgrounds. There were no injuries.
Penny size hail was observed five miles northwest of Bowling Green.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 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: 5375031, 5375032.