Name: Hail in Ohio, June 29, 2003
Start: 2003-06-29T16:50
End: 2003-06-29T16:54
Location: Ohio

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
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 Wilmington, OH wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:10 PM EST, 3 hours 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
210 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003

WEAK SFC BOUNDARY TO DROP S INTO FA OVRNGT. UPR SUPP IS WEAK WITH
MAIN S/WV ENERGY TRACKING THRU ERN LAKES...BUT LO LVL CONVERGENCE
AND MODERATE INSTBY SHUD LEAD TO SOME WDLY SCTD SHWRS/TSTMS. WL
WATCH RADAR...BUT CURR THINKING IS TO PLACE A LSGT CHC ACRS
NRN PERIPHERY THIS EVE. WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING XPCT ACTIVITY
TO DISSIPATE OVRNGT. TEMP WISE...PREFER LOWS A DEG OR TWO COOLER THAN
MAV GUID TNGT.

MODELS HAVE TRENDED LESS AGGRESSIVE WITH PRECIP FOR MON. WITH BOUNDARY
STALLING OUT E-W PARALLEL TO UPR FLO...EXPECT REDEVELOPMENT INVOF OF
THIS BNDRY ON MON. AXIS OF LO LVL CNVRGC COUPLED WITH MOD INSTBY
(CAPES AROUND 1500 J/KG) WL EXIST OVR THE S. WL MENTION 30 POPS ACRS
THE S WITH SLIGHT CHC ACRS THE CNTRL MON AFTN. DUE TO CLDS AND PSBL
PRECIP PREFER TEMPS A DEG OR TWO BLO MAV FOR HIGHS.

WL CONT CHC POPS ACRS THE S MON NIGHT INTO TUE...MAINTAINING A
DRY FCST ACRS REMAINDER OF FA. HAVE STAYED CLOSE TO MAV GUID WITH
TEMPS MON NIGHT AND A LTL COOLER THAN MAV ACRS THE S ON TUE DUE
TO CLDS AND PRECIP.

MODELS A LTL QUICKER AND FARTHER E WITH REMNANTS OF T.S. BILL. SRN
SECTIONS MAY BE ON NRN PERIPHERY OF MSTR WED. WL CONT CHC POPS HERE
AND THEN DRY INTO OUT ON THU INTO FRI TIMEFRAME.

.ILN...NONE.

RANDALL

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 29, 3:55 AM EST, 12 hours 55 minutes before

INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046-
051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-291200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
455 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN
KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY.
A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON.
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE
FRONT.  AN ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-70
TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 146 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hardin

When: June 29, 4:50 PM EST to 4:54 PM EST
Where: Hardin County, Grants
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.717, -83.567

A few trees were knocked down along with the large hail.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Ohio in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Ohio, June 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: 5362570.