8 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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 Northern Indiana wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 12, 3:26 PM EST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 326 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 .SHORT TERM... TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WILL BE MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE NORTHERN GREAT LAKES AND WILL BE MOVING FURTHER EASTWARD ON THURSDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. THE PRESSURE GRADIENT AROUND THE LOW TONIGHT WILL BE TIGHT WHICH WILL CAUSE SUSTAINED WINDS TONIGHT TO BE STRONG (INTO THE 30 MPH RANGE) AND FOR GUSTS TO GET INTO THE 40S. THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO RELAX LATER TOMORROW AS THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WEAKENS WITH THE INCOMING HIGH PRESSURE. THEREFORE WENT WITH A WIND ADVISORY FOR OUR ENTIRE CWA TONIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE DROPPING INTO THE LOW 30S FOR TONIGHT WHICH WILL SET UP THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR CWA FOR SNOW. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL KEEP THE LAKE EFFECT SNOW CONFINED TO OUR NORTHERN SECTION. DELTA TS WILL ALSO BE AROUND 20 FOR TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. HUMIDITY TIME HEIGHTS ALSO SHOWING GOOD LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. BML && .LONG TERM... LES SHOULD QUICKLY END THURSDAY NIGHT WITH LOW LEVELS RAPIDLY DRYING OUT AFTER 00Z FRI AS SFC RIDGING BUILDS INTO THE AREA. WILL EXTEND CHANCE OF SHSN INTO THE EVENING FOR LAKE EFFECT COUNTIES THEN DRY FCST ENTIRE CWA REST OF THE NIGHT. THIS DRIER LOW LEVEL AIR WILL SEND DEWPOINTS DOWN INTO THE TEENS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA. WITH CLEARING SKIES AND DIMINISHING WINDS EXPECT TEMPS TO DROP DOWN INTO L20S AND WILL GO AOB MAV NUMBERS. SFC RIDGE THEN SETTLES IN OVER TN VALLEY FRI AND BRING FAIR BUT COOL WX TO THE AREA. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE COMING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS FRI NITE WILL BRING CLOUDS BACK INTO THE AREA AND THEN A CHANCE OF RAIN AGAIN SAT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS GREAT LAKES REGION. SFC HIGH MEANWHILE WILL REMAIN ANCHORED OVER THE SE US AND MID ATLANTIC REGION ALLOWING FOR A GRADUAL MODERATION IN TEMPS BACK CLOSE TO NEAR NORMAL BY SUNDAY. NEXT SYSTEM THEN TO MOVE INTO THE REGION ON MON AND TUE BRINGING ANOTHER CHANCE FOR RAIN. SFC AND UPPER LOW END UP OVER EASTERN CANADA BY WED LEAVING OUR AREA IN NW FLOW BEHIND SYSTEM. THIS COULD PROVIDE A CHANCE FOR LES BUT WILL LEAVE FCST DRY FOR TIME BEING. JAL && .AVIATION... IFR TO MVFR CEILINGS STILL GOING ON AT SBN AND FWA. THE FOG HELD ON FOR AWHILE THIS MORNING BUT HAS FINALLY MOVED ON. LOW CEILINGS WILL HANG AROUND SBN FOR A BIT...BUT THEN THERE IS A SMALL DRY SLOT TO THE WEST WITH NO CEILING. THIS WILL FIRST ROTATE IN SBN FOR A BIT AND THEN FWA BEFORE MORE LOW LEVEL WRAP AROUND CLOUDS MOVE IN. LEFT THE TAFS BKN AS THIS DRY SLOT WILL NOT LAST LONG IF IT DOESNT GET CLOSED UP BEFORE GETTING TO EITHER AIRPORT. POTENTIAL FOR SOME THUNDERSTORMS AT FWA THIS AFTERNOON...BUT NOTHING HAS DEVELOPED AS OF YET. THINGS WILL BECOME WINDY AT BOTH SBN AND FWA TODAY AND TONIGHT AS THE TIGHTLY WRAPPED LOW MOVES THE TIGHTER PRESSURE GRADIENT INTO THE AREA. GUSTS COULD GET UP TO 40MPH. BML && .IWX...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES INZ003>009...INZ012>018... INZ020...INZ022>027...INZ032>034. MI...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES MIZ077>081. OH...WIND ADVISORY FOR TONIGHT FOR ZONES OHZ001>002...OHZ004>005... OHZ015>016...OHZ024>025. &&
INZ003>009-012>018-020-022>027-032>034-MIZ077>081-OHZ001-002-004-005- 015-016-024-025-131000- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 455 AM EST WED NOV 12 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN INDIANA...NORTHWEST OHIO AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCLUDED ALL OF NORTHWEST OHIO AND PARTS OF CENTRAL LOWER MICHIGAN IN A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF THIS MODERATE RISK...AND EAST OF A LINE FROM DOWAGIAC MICHIGAN...TO SOUTH BEND AND LOGANSPORT INDIANA. A POTENT COLD FRONT WITH VERY STRONG WINDS ALOFT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. CONDITIONS ARE MARGINAL FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER...IF THUNDERSTORMS CAN DEVELOP...THEY WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE. DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT BUT DUE TO THE STRONG WIND SHEAR...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HAZARDS INCLUDE DENSE FOG THIS MORNING AND SNOW SHOWERS TONIGHT. SOME SMALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... LAKE EFFECT SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SOME ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVIER BANDS OVER EXTREME NORTHERN INDIANA AND SOUTHWEST LOWER MICHIGAN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES, OR CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/IWX
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
433 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0425 PM DUPONT OH 0.88 INCH HAIL
11/12/03 PUTNAM REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
TTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
436 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0415 PM 2 N HAVILAND OH TSTM WND DMG
11/12/03 PAULDING CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS BLOWN
OVER AT WAYNE TRACE HIGH
SCHOOL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
TTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
450 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 3 NE DUPONT OH 1.00 INCH HAIL
11/12/03 PUTNAM REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
TTPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA
530 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003
TIME(EST) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0430 PM 3 NE DUPONT OH 1.00 INCH HAIL
11/12/03 PUTNAM REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
0425 PM DUPONT OH 0.88 INCH HAIL
11/12/03 PUTNAM REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
0415 PM 2 N HAVILAND OH TSTM WND DMG
11/12/03 PAULDING CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS BLOWN
OVER AT WAYNE TRACE HIGH
SCHOOL. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
WAMSLEY/TTINZ026-027-033-034-MIZ081-OHZ001-002-004-005-015-016-024-025-122300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTHERN INDIANA 550 PM EST WED NOV 12 2003 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR HILLSDALE COUNTY OF MICHIGAN AND FOR WILLIAMS...FULTON...DEFIANCE...HENRY... PAULDING...PUTNAM...VAN WERT AND ALLEN COUNTIES OF OHIO HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...THE TORNADO WATCH FOR WELLS...ADAMS...BLACKFORD AND JAY COUNTIES OF INDIANA HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED... THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WATCHES HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. BARJENBRUCH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
Winds gusted to 65 MPH behind a strong cold front that moved across the region during the late afternoon and evening. Numerous power outages occurred with trees and power lines down.
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, November 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: 5335132, 5335133, 5335134, 5335135, 5335136, 5335137, 5335138, 5335224.