4 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 Jun 30, 8:58 PM EST, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 958 PM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 SURFACE CONVERGENCE AND UPPER SUPPORT HAS INCREASED ENOUGH TO TOUCH OFF ISOLATED TSRA THIS EVENING. 00Z SOUNDING INDICATED 2000 CAPE WHICH IS ABOUT 500 J/KG HIGHER THAN ETA. WITH ACTIVITY CONTINUING AFTER SUNSET...ILL UPDATE TO REMOVE EVENING TIMING IN DAYTON AND COLUMBUS GROUPS. REST OF FORECAST LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. .ILN...NONE. CONIGLIO
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 508 AM EDT MON JUN 30 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SITES
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A slow moving thunderstorm produced heavy rain across the northern part of the county. High water was reported on Commercial Point Road north of State Route 316.
Isolated strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused localized flooding across portions of west central and central Ohio. Several roads were flooded due to the excessive rain, and a few streams went out of their banks near Washington Court House.
Isolated strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused localized flooding across portions of west central and central Ohio. Several roads were flooded due to the excessive rain, and a few streams went out of their banks near Washington Court House.
Isolated strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain caused localized flooding across portions of west central and central Ohio. Several roads were flooded due to the excessive rain, and a few streams went out of their banks near Washington Court House.
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, July 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: 5329770, 5329771, 5329772, 5329773.