6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 29, 1:08 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 208 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 A FEW STRAY SHRA MOVG ACRS FA ATTM. HV FINALLY STARTED TO GET A LTTL FILTERED SUNSHINE AND TEMPS HV CLIMBED TO NR 80 DEG. STL CONCERNED ABT CONVECTION FIRING THE RMNDR OF AFT AND EVE. NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION AS UPPER TROF AND 3H JET MAX OUT IN FNT OF LLVL CONVERGENCE. CLDS HV SOMEWHAT LIMITED INSTABILITY AND WNDS HAVEN/T COME UP AS MUCH AS EXCTD..BUT STL ENUF PLUSES FOR DVLPMNT TO JUSTIFY CHC WORDG ALL AREAS FIRST HALF OF TGNT. SUM DVLPMENT NOTED PAST FEW MINUTES W OF KIND AND WL KEEP FINGERS CROSSED THAT THINGS DON/T GET OUT OF CONTROL. BNDRY SHOULD STALL S OF FA ON MON. AIR SHOULD RMN FAIRLY UNSTABLE WITH DWPTS REMAING ARND 60 DEG. GIVEN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF BNDRY WL KEEP SML MENTION OF TSRA FAR SRN ZNS FOR MON AFT. AFTER MON...DRY WX UNTIL THE END OF THE WEEK. GUID TEMPS IN GD AGREEMENT AND WL AGN TDA. .CLE... OH...NONE PA...NONE KUBINA
OHZ003-006>014-017>023-027>033-036>038-047-PAZ001>003-291115- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 520 AM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN OHIO AND A PORTION OF NORTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT CROSSES THE AREA. THE THREAT WILL BEGIN IN NORTHWEST OHIO DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS NORTHERN OHIO AND NORTHWEST PENNSYLVANIA BY EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS OF 58 MPH OR HIGHER ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL OF THREE-QUARTERS OF AN INCH OR GREATER WILL BE THE MAIN THREATS FROM ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP. .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.
OHZ027>029-036-037-047-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CLEVELAND OH 553 PM EDT SUN JUN 29 2003 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADED FOR MARION AND WYANDOT COUNTIES... AT 550 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADARS SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...MOVING GENERALLY EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARDS MARION AND WYANDOT COUNTIES. OTHER COUNTIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CRAWFORD...MORROW AND KNOX COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTY WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ...HAIL AND SOME HEAVY RAIN. IF THREATEN WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE SPOTTED...PLEASE TAKE COVER. END/BC
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm winds downed several large tree limbs five miles north of La Rue. A wheat field in the same area was flattened.
Thunderstorm winds damaged a house.
Quarter size hail was observed.
Penny size hail was observed.
Quarter size hail was observed.
Penny size hail was observed.
Penny size hail was observed.
Nickel size hail was observed.
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: 5365993, 5365994, 5364408, 5364410, 5364409, 5364411, 5365991, 5365992.