2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 18, 9:11 PM EST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1011 PM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 STUBBORN DEWPOINT GRADIENT IS SLOW IN MOVING SOUTH THROUGH FCST AREA AND CONVECTION STILL IS SPARKING ON AND AHEAD OF IT. WILL REMOVE TIMING FROM ZONES AND UPDATE GRIDS TO KEEP CHANCE POPS IN THROUGH ABOUT 9Z FOR SOUTHERN 1/2 OF FCST AREA. HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL DIE DOWN SOON BUT AVAILABLE MOISTURE AHEAD OF BOUNDARY IS STILL QUITE IMPRESSIVE WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 70S. .ILN...NONE FRANKS
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-181100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 508 AM EDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT DROPPING DOWN ACROSS THE AREA TODAY WILL PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STRONG TO SEVERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ANOTHER COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE REGION ON MONDAY. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 67 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:30 UTC.
2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Scattered thunderstorms produced localized flooding across southern Ohio. Several roads were submerged with one to two feet of water. A few homes sustained basement flooding in eastern Scioto county.
Trees were downed.
Scattered thunderstorms produced localized flooding across southern Ohio. Several roads were submerged with one to two feet of water. A few homes sustained basement flooding in eastern Scioto county.
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: 5329775, 5329774, 5329776.