Thunderstorm Wind, Muskingum
- When
- July 5, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Muskingum County, Zanesville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.950, -82.017
Trees down.
Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 5, 2003
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $1,000
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 5, 10:37 PM EST, 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 10:37 PM EST, 53 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1137 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003 UPDATE TI ADD FLOOD WATCH TO 8 CNTYS ECNTRL OHIO. STORMS POTENTIAL TO TRAIN ALONG OUTFLOW BNDRYS OVNGT. ALSO UPPED POPS EWD TO PIT-MGW. .PBZ... MD...NONE. OH...FLOOD WATCH TIL 4AM SUNDAY FOR OHZO39-O48-O49-O57>O59-O68-O69. PA...NONE. WV...NONE.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 4:09 AM EST, 19 hours 21 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-051115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 509 AM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA...EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS TONIGHT WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. RAINS MAY BE HEAVY ENOUGH TO CAUSE PONDING ON ROADWAYS AND POOR DRAINAGE HIGH WATER. DANGEROUS AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND HAIL ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 10:55 PM EST, 35 minutes before
MDZ001-WVZ004-012-021>023-041-060545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1155 PM EDT SAT JUL 5 2003 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT WILL CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR...GUSTY WINDS TO 35 MPH OR SO... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POOR VISIBILITIES DUE TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND FOG. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY OCCUR...SO DRIVE WITH CAUTION.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:30 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 5, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 5 to 14, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 5 to 16, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 5 to 28, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 5 to 13, 2003
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 5, 2003
- Heat in California, July 5, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 5, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 5, 2003
- Flooding in Indiana, July 5 to 13, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Heavy Rain in Illinois, July 5, 2003
- Flooding in Iowa, July 5 to 15, 2003
More
Every storm in Ohio in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, July 2003
Sources
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: 5369634.