5 thunderstorm wind, 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 May 30, 8:10 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 910 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY IN A BIT OF A LULL IN ACTIVITY ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. STILL GETTING SOME STORMS CLOSE TO THE WARM FRONT ALONG THE FAR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES. OTHER ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO PASS TO THE SOUTH. MAIN CONCERN IS LARGE LINEAR COMPLEX ADVANCING ACROSS ILLINOIS AND INDIANA. 00Z ILN SOUNDING WENT UP SHORTLY AFTER A THUNDERSTORM. SO INSTABILITY IS LIMITED BUT THE SOUNDING DOES SHOW LOTS OF SHEAR AND LOTS OF MOISTURE. EXPECT SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING THREAT TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT. FORECAST LOOKS IN GOOD SHAPE RIGHT NOW. WILL JUST MAKE SOME MINOR TWEAKS AS WE UPDATE FOR NEW WATCHES. && .ILN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IN...NONE. KY...NONE. OH...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH 510 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 INZ050-058-059-066-073>075-080-KYZ089>100-OHZ026-034-035-042>046- 051>056-060>065-070>074-077>082-088-300915- ADAMS OH-AUGLAIZE OH-BOONE KY-BRACKEN KY-BROWN OH-BUTLER OH- CAMPBELL KY-CARROLL KY-CHAMPAIGN OH-CLARK OH-CLERMONT OH-CLINTON OH- DARKE OH-DEARBORN IN-DELAWARE OH-FAIRFIELD OH-FAYETTE OH-FAYETTE IN- FRANKLIN OH-FRANKLIN IN-GALLATIN KY-GRANT KY-GREENE OH-HAMILTON OH- HARDIN OH-HIGHLAND OH-HOCKING OH-KENTON KY-LEWIS KY-LICKING OH- LOGAN OH-MADISON OH-MASON KY-MERCER OH-MIAMI OH-MONTGOMERY OH- OHIO IN-OWEN KY-PENDLETON KY-PICKAWAY OH-PIKE OH-PREBLE OH-RIPLEY IN- ROBERTSON KY-ROSS OH-SCIOTO OH-SHELBY OH-SWITZERLAND IN-UNION OH- UNION IN-WARREN OH-WAYNE IN- 510 AM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN INDIANA...NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF OHIO. .DAY ONE...TODAY A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FRONT. A COLD FRONT WILL THEN MOVE INTO THE LOWER GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY REGION OVERNIGHT ...BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS INTO MONDAY MORNING...THE GREATEST RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THE COLD FRONT. AS A RESULT...THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IN NORMAN OKLAHOMA HAS PLACED THE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE AFOREMENTIONED COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTH CENTRAL OHIO AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY MONDAY MORNING INTO EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THE FRONT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED OVERNIGHT INTO MONDAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
721 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM TSTM WND DMG 10 N HILLSBORO 39.35N 83.61W
05/30/2004 HIGHLAND OH AMATEUR RADIO
TREES DOWN ON ROUTES 28 AND 72.
0655 PM TORNADO 6 NW HILLSBORO 39.27N 83.69W
05/30/2004 HIGHLAND OH FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
A BARN WAS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO NEAR WILLETSVILLE.
&&
FRANKSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ... CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
951 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0655 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 NW HILLSBORO 39.21N 83.61W
05/30/2004 HIGHLAND OH EMERGENCY MNGR
A BARN WAS DESTROYED BY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS NEAR
WILLETSVILLE. FUNNELL CLOUD DID NOT TOUCH DOWN FROM
PREVIOUS REPORT.
&&
FRANKSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WILMINGTON OH
1112 PM EDT SUN MAY 30 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1107 PM HAIL UNION CITY 40.20N 84.79W
05/30/2004 1.75 INCH DARKE OH TRAINED SPOTTER
&&The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:31 UTC.
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees were knocked down.
A school sustained minor roof damage. Several trees were also downed.
A line of intense thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain across the Whitewater Valley. Numerous roads were flooded and creeks rose out of their banks.
Numerous trees were downed.
Large limbs were knocked down.
Trees were downed.
A line of intense thunderstorms produced two to three inches of rain across the Whitewater Valley. Numerous roads were flooded and creeks rose out of their banks.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Indiana in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Indiana, May 2004
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: 5401718, 5401719, 5401723, 5401722, 5401721, 5401720, 5401724.