2 thunderstorm wind, 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 26, 8:40 AM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 940 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2003 MID/UPR LVL LO TO TRANSLATE E THRU NRN GRTLKS TDA AS SPEED MAX ROTATES ARND THE BASE OF THE TROF. ASSOCIATED CDFNT FM CHI TO STL TO PUSH ACRS OH THIS EVE. TONGUE OF LWR 70 DWPTS HAVE ADVCTD N ALONG AND AHD OF THE FNT INTO SRN IL AND SW IN. THESE LWR 70 DPWTS EXPECTED INTO OH VLY TDA ADH OF APPROACHING FNTL SYS. SBCAPES XPCTD TO APPROACH 2000 J/KG. MODEL SOUNDINGS SHW GOOD MID LVL DRYING WITH THETAE DIFF ARND 25 DEG. THIS WL BE FAVORABLE FOR DAMAGING WINDS. UNIDIRECTIONAL WIND PROFILE WITH WEAK SHEAR AND WBZ APPROACHING 12K FT SHUD LIMIT POTENTIAL FOR ROTATORS AND HAIL PRODUCERS. WL CONT SVR-WX OUTLOOK WITH THE MENTION OF THE CHC FOR WIND PRODUCING STORMS. CURR FCST HAS GOOD HANDLE ON TDA/S WX. WL ONLY MAKE SOME MINOR WORDING CHANGES MENTIONING DAMAGGING WINDS AND AREAL COVERAGE OF STORMS. .ILN...NONE. RANDALL
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-261100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE FRONT. WITH THE ATMOSPHERE MOIST AND UNSTABLE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS THE MAIN CONCERN. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A COLD FRONT WILL STALL ACROSS THE REGION SUNDAY...BRINGING THE CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON. RYAN
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-262200- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 1120 AM EDT THU JUN 26 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK INTO THE OHIO VALLEY LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS ACROSS THE REGION. SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN THREAT. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACE THE ENTIRE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER. THESE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE MOST FAVORABLE TIME FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 2 PM EDT TO 8 PM EDT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL OHIO... AND THE MIAMI AND WHITEWATER VALLEYS BY MID AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL TRACK EAST...WITH THE TRI STATE AREA AND CENTRAL OHIO LIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTHEAST KENTUCKY BY EARLY EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS THE AREA LATER TODAY. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR FURTHER UPDATES. RANDALL
OHZ034-035-042>046-051>056-060>065-070>074-077>080-262330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 126 PM EDT THU JUN 26 2003 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM EDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN OHIO... AUGLAIZE BROWN BUTLER CHAMPAIGN CLARK CLERMONT CLINTON DARKE DELAWARE FAIRFIELD FAYETTE FRANKLIN GREENE HAMILTON HIGHLAND HOCKING LICKING LOGAN MADISON MERCER MIAMI MONTGOMERY PICKAWAY PREBLE ROSS SHELBY UNION WARREN REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 144 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:05 UTC.
2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several trees were knocked down, and a barn was damaged.
Trees and power lines were downed.
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, June 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: 5362568, 5362569.