1 flood, 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 8, 9:25 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 1025 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 UPDATED FOR WORDING .CLE... OH...NONE. PA...NONE. LKW
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-081130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 525 AM EDT FRI AUG 8 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY FOR THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA COULD CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON SATURDAY BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SLOW MOVERS. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AND MAY CAUSE STREAMS TO RISE. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED FOR TODAY OR TONIGHT. LOMBARDY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorms producing more than an inch of rain per hour moved across Medina County. Urban and lowland flooding occurred throughout Medina County. Several roads had to be temporarily 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: 5332513.