2 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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 Mar 13, 3:49 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 349 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 CLOUDS OVERSPREADING THE AREA THIS MORNING IN ADVANCE OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. LIGHTNING HAS PUSHED AS FAR NORTH AS NORTHERN INDIANA. WILL CARRY THUNDER FOR ALL ZONES BASED ON CURRENT PROGRESSION. ETA SNDG FOR CVG AT 12Z HAS 120 J/KG PROGGED FOR THE 925 PARCEL. CMH AND DAY SHOW LESSER AMOUNTS OF ELEVATED INSTABILITY. THE RAIN WILL END NE TO SE ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE EARLY FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS THE LOW TRACKS ACROSS THE SLOWLY SAGGING BOUNDARY NOW STRETCHED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL OHIO AND INDIANA. NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY TEMPS QUICKLY FALL INTO THE 30S. IN THE SOUTH...TEMPS WILL REACH THE 50S BEFORE FALLING MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. LOOKING AT CURRENT CLOUD COVER BEHIND THE LOW...FCST RH FIELDS AND SAT PR DEF PROFILES...HAVE PUSHED THE CLEARING BACK A BIT. IN THE FAR NW...PARTIAL CLEARING MAY OCCUR BY LATE AFTERNOON...BUT WILL OCCUR IN THE EVENING FOR MOST OF THE FCST AREA. THE FAR SE MAY HAVE WAIT UNTIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALSO...THE SOUNDING PROFILES SHOW LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PERHAPS BEING TRAPPED BELOW SINKING AIR ALOFT...WITH A DEEPER LAYER OF MOISTURE IN THE SOUTH. STILL...WILL BE OPTIMISTIC WITH CLOUD COVER AT THIS POINT. GUIDANCE TEMPS HAVE GONE DOWN A BIT FOR FRIDAY...BUT TEMPS SHOULD BE IN THE 50S OR NEAR 50 IN THE NORTH AS THE WAA LOOKS TO BE SOMEWHAT DELAYED. WILL CONTINUE WITH GENERAL WARMING TREND HEADING INTO NEXT WEEK. .ILN...NONE. CENTER
INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-131130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 635 AM EST THU MAR 13 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES EAST ACROSS THE AREA BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rain combined with snowmelt to cause minor flooding of roadways during the morning.
Heavy rain combined with snowmelt to cause minor flooding of roadways during the morning.
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, March 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: 5344506, 5344507.