1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Cleveland, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 2:55 PM EST, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 355 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 LTL CHG IN THE AMS THRU SAT AND WI THE PERSISSTENT UPR LOW CONTG TO ROT OVR THE GRTLKS AREA XPCT MORE SCT TSTMS DURG THE PD. WL ISSUE A FLOOD WATCH FOR SLOW MOVG TSTMS OVR PTNS OF THE NW & THE WATER SOAKED AREAS OF THE NORTHEAST INLAND. PCPN EVENTS SHULD BE CONFINED MNLY TO THE DIURNAL HTG HRS OF THE AFTN/EVENG THEN ACTIVTY SHULD TAPER OFF AT NIGHT OVR THE RMNDR OF THE WEEK. .CLE... OH...FLOOD WATCH /3/6//7/8 & /20/21/22/30/31/32/38 THRU 4 AM PA...NONE.
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-051230- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 631 AM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR TODAY AND TONIGHT...MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. SEVERE WEATHER...GUSTY WINDS OR LARGE HAIL...IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY OCCUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
436 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1225 PM 2 W GIRARD PA WIND DAMAGE
08/05/03 ERIE SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS DOWN.
0130 PM LAKE CITY PA FLOOD
08/05/03 ERIE FLOODING IN LOW LYING
AREAS IN LAKE CITY.
0130 PM GREENFIELD TOWNSHIP PA FLOOD
08/05/03 ERIE ROADWAY FLOODING.
0406 PM POLK OH FLASH FLOODS
08/05/03 ASHLAND S.R. 42 UNDER HIGH WATER.
0412 PM ASHLAND OH FLASH FLOODS
08/05/03 ASHLAND WATER FLOWING DOWN
HILL...CAR IN DITCH.
FMKPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND,OH
453 PM EDT TUE AUG 5 2003
TIME(EDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0740 PM 2 E SUFFIELD OH .75 INCH HAIL
08/04/03 PORTAGE
FMKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains fell on Stark County. Lowland flooding occurred across the county and several small streams and creeks left their banks. Several roads had to be briefly closed.
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: 5332898.