Thunderstorm Wind, Columbiana
- When
- July 8, 2:28 AM EST
- Where
- Columbiana County, East Liverpool
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.633, -80.567
Large tree branches down.
Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 8, 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
- 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 Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 7, 7:05 PM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 7:05 PM EST, 7 hours 23 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 805 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 UPDATED TO DROP MOST OF THE STORM AND FLOOD WATCHES. AM HOPEFUL NEXT ROUND OF TSTMS IN NW OH WILL NOT GET HERE OVER NIGHT. CURRENT ATMOS HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH WORKED OVER BY THE WIND GUSTS AND STORMS OF EARLIER THIS EVE. .PBZ... MD...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM MDZ001. OH...NONE. PA...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM PAZ021>023-029>032. WV...FLOOD WATCH TIL 10 PM WVZ021>023-041.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:09 PM EST, 12 hours 19 minutes before
MDZ001-OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ007>009-013>016-020>023- 029>032-WVZ001>004-012-021>023-041-080100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 309 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA EAST CENTRAL OHIO...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. .DAY ONE...TODAY MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO AND THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA. SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FOR EXTREME NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA...WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND GARRETT COUNTY MARYLAND. THE GREATEST THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY FOR THE REGION. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 8:29 PM EST, 5 hours 59 minutes before
OHZ048-057-080300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 929 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS COSHOCTON COUNTY AND NORTHERN MUSKINGUM COUNTY THROUGH 11 PM. EXPECT WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 9:05 PM EST, 5 hours 23 minutes before
OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-WVZ001>004-012-080500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA 1005 PM EDT MON JUL 7 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM EDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN WEST VIRGINIA... BROOKE HANCOCK MARSHALL OHIO WETZEL IN OHIO... BELMONT CARROLL COLUMBIANA COSHOCTON GUERNSEY HARRISON JEFFERSON MONROE MUSKINGUM NOBLE TUSCARAWAS <<< CALL TO ACTION >>> A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA...PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE HAIL..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:28 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 and Flood in Ohio, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 8, 2003
- Flood in Indiana, July 8 to 31, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 11, 2003
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Indiana, July 8 to 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Illinois, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 8, 2003
- Wildfire in California, July 8 to 10, 2003
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, July 8, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 8, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Missouri, July 8, 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: 5369880.