Ohio, 2003Flood in Ohio, July 27 to 28, 2003
July 27 to 28, 2003 · NWS CLE · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What forecasters said that day
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 Jul 27, 12:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 27, 12:50 PM EST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
150 PM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003
CDFNT MOVG IN ABOUT ON SCHEDULE. AMS UNSTL. WATCHG PCPN DVLPG NE OH
AND NW PA OVR THE LAKE AND THEN PCPN NW IND AND NRN IL. THAT IN
COMBO WITH CDFNT CAN GIVE UP TO LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN AND THE
WATCH WILL BE FOR THE AREAS THAT HAVE SATURATED GROUND FROM THE RAIN
LAST WEEK. PCPN SHOULD BE ON THE DCR BY MIDNIGHT. ATTM BASED ON HOW
THE FRONT IS MOVING WL KP IT DRY MON...HOWEVER...VORT MOVG IS SOME
CONCERN...HOWEVER...WITH THE AMS DRYG WL KEEP IT DRY. NEXT CHANCE OF
PCPN IS FOR LT WED NGT AND THU.
.CLE...
OH...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NE OH.
PA...FLOOD WATCH THROUGH EARLY TONIGHT FOR PARTS OF NW PA.
KIELTYKA
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 5:34 AM EST, 13 hours 26 minutes before
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-089-PAZ001>003-271230-
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH
634 AM EDT SUN JUL 27 2003
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO
AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY
THERE IS A CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH
EARLY THIS EVENING AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE
STORMS. IF MULTIPLE STORMS OR HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS DEVELOP AND CROSS
THE SAME AREA THEN THERE COULD BE A RISK FOR FLOODING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...PRIMARILY FROM
LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING.
KOSARIK
Flood, Stark
- When
- July 27, 7:00 PM EST to July 28, 4:00 PM EST
- Where
- Stark forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.814, -81.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms dumped two to four inches of rain on most of Stark County. A maximum of 4.50 inches of rain was measured at Louisville with 4.00 inches at both Massillon and in Lake Township. 3.5 inches of rain was measured at the Canton Water Plant. Significant flash flooding occurred along the east and west branches of Nimishillen Creek. The creek left it's banks during the evening hours after rising six feet in two hours and crested at an all time high of 14.07 feet at North Industry at 6:35 a.m on the 28th. The creek went back below flood stage during the late afternoon hours of the 28th. Communities located along the river including North Canton, Canton and Louisville were devastated by flooding. The previous highest crest was 11.3 feet on January 22, 1959. Record keeping began at North Industry in 1941.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, July 27, 2003$67 million · 5 events
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 27, 20032 injured · $15 million · F0 · 15 events
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 27, 20031 death · 1 injured · 1 event
- Flooding in Ohio, July 27, 2003$900,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 27, 2003$378,000 · 50 kt wind · 13 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 27, 2003$323,000 · 55 kt wind · 12 events
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Alaska, July 27 to 31, 2003$400,000 · 6 events
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, July 27, 2003$150,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 27, 2003$60,000 · 60 kt wind · 5 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 27, 2003$57,000 · 1 in hail · 2 events
- Flood in Alaska, July 27 to 29, 2003$50,000 · 1 event
- Flash Flood in Ohio, July 27 to 28, 2003$30,000 · 1 event
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: 5375777.